The role of the brain
The neuroimaging technique, MRI stands for what?
What is Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognition, what does ZPD stand for?
Zone of Proximal Development
ZPD refers to the continuum of cognitive development stretching from solo performance to collaborative cooperation.
Area where people can learn how to accomplish a task, with guidance from someone else, which they would not be able to do by themselves.
The ability to attend to and perform multiple activities at the same time is described as what type of attention?
Divided attention
What is the study of psychology?
study of the mind (mental processes) and behaviour
Complete the sentence:
The peripheral nervous system consists of the autonomic and ...?
What is somatic nervous system
What are the two types of environments described with regards to cognitive development and adaptive plasticity?
Enriched environment - provides social and physical stimulation for the brain
Deprived environment - lacks brain stimulation and social interaction
What does the acronym REM stand for?
Rapid eye movement - one of two phases of sleep, characterised by rapid eye movement.
The other phase of sleep is the non-rapid eye movement (NREM) characterised by little or no rapid eye movement (divided into four stages)
Which type of profession (psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker) is legally able to prescribe medication?
Psychiatrist
Describe the brain structure involved in visual processing.
What is the occipital lobe
A term used in cognitive development to describe the best or optimum time for an individual to learn new things
Sensitive period (critical period)
What are the two theories that describe the purpose of sleep?
Restoration theory of sleep - stating that sleep allows us to recharge our bodies and recover from physical and psychological work during the day.
Evolutionary theory of sleep - stating that sleep serves as a means to increase an animal's or human's chance of survival in its environment
Finish this sentence regarding the philosophical debate that is described within psychology
Nature versus ....
Nurture
... describes the part of the neuron along which the electrochemical nerve impulse is transmitted.
Axon
Describe the three attachment styles identified in the Ainsworth Strange Situation study?
Secure attachment
Insecure resistant attachment
What is the sleep disorder that causes sudden and unexpected sleeping.
Narcolepsy
Broca's area is involved in the ....
speech production centre of the brain.
The pruning of what brain structure is associated with rapid development in adolescence and infancy
synapse (synaptic pruning)
What treatment intervention would be used for the sleep disorder insomnia?
CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)