The Brain
The central nervous is made up of these two parts.
What is brain and spinal cord.
Neurotransmitters are released into this.
What is the synapse.
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive development. The components of this theory are Scaffolding, Zone of Proximal Development and MKO. What is MKO?
More Knowledgeable Other.
DSM-V-TR and ICD-11
This theory of emotion involves assigning a cognitive label to a physiological response in a situation.
Two-Factor Theory
What is the function of the cerebellum, and which region of the brain is it located?
The cerebellum is located in the hindbrain. It controls coordination of movement.
The purpose of sleep, according to Evolutionary Theory
Serves as a means to increase a person's chance of survival by aligning with the day/night cycle.
This is believed to be the heritability coefficient of intelligence (between 0-1), according to Bouchard et al. (1990).
0.7
Define George L. Engel’s biopsychosocial model (1977).
A holistic approach to treating psychological disorders by looking at biological, psychological and social factors
According to Lazarus’ appraisal theory of emotion (1982), a person considering their options and how to respond is in this stage.
Secondary Appraisal
This neuroimaging technique uses a radioactive tracer injected into the bloodstream which measures the volume and location of blood flow in the brain?
What is PET (Positron Emission Tomography)
These are the two branches of the Autonomic Nervous System.
What is the Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Systems
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development suggests that?
Children go through four different cognitive stages sequentially.
Describe levels of the neurotransmitter GABA, experienced by a person with GAD.
What is lower levels of GABA.
Le Doux’s biological model of emotion proposes that there are two pathways of emotion in the brain, the short route and the long route. Brain structures (in order) are implicated in the long route.
Thalamus, Sensory Cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala
This characteristic of the brain allows for lifelong learning.
What is neuroplasticity.
Describe the changes to sleep patterns during adolescence.
An adolescent tends to need more sleep and sleep time tends to be delayed.
This term is used to describe when attachment doesn’t occur, and a child never forms a close relationship with anyone.
What is Privation.
Delusions, Hallucinations, Disorganised Speech Patterns, Reduced Emotional Expression.
Frederickson (2004), the broaden-and-build theory focuses on the effect of what on a person's wellbeing?
This network of neurons sits across both the midbrain and hindbrain, and plays an important role in the control of arousal and the ‘sleeping and waking’ cycle.
What is the Reticular Formation.
Distinguish between sensory and motor neurons.
Motor neurons – neurons that communicate messages from the CNS to the particular muscles that an organism intends to move at any particular moment.
Sensory neurons – neurons that carry sensory information from the body and from the outside world into the CNS.
An IQ score shows how much an individual’s test score deviates from this kind of score.
What is the mean score.
Distinguish between risk factors and protective factors in psychological disorders, giving an example for each.
Risk factors contribute to the likelihood of a person developing or relapsing into a psychological disorder. Examples: poverty, family breakdown, genetic predisposition.
Protective factors guard against the onset or relapse into a psychological disorder. Examples: good diet, sleep, exercise.
This is the role of goal setting in motivation according to Locke and Latham (1990), with an example.
Goals that are clear, challenging, committed to, informed by feedback, and have the appropriate level of complexity, are more likely to be attained.
Possible Example: Setting a goal that allows for feedback on progress allows a person to know that their efforts are moving them in the right direction, which maintains motivation.