Topic 1- role of brain
__________________, is one of the oldest surgical procedures known to humanity and involves a surgical procedure in which a circular piece of bone is drilled and excised from the human skull while they are still awake.
Trephination
Formal operational
Sleep hormone?
Melatonin
________ _______ ________ – having some sleep in a 24-hr period but not getting enough to meet your needs. May occur for just one night or for several nights and can have serious consequences
Partial sleep deprivation
What type of hypothesis is this?
If blood alcohol levels increase then reaction time will not change
Null hypothesis
The ___________ approach suggests that the mind in separate from the body. Descartes believed that our non-material mind (soul) constructs our reality and causes us to exist – not our physical body.
Dualistic approach
Rene Descartes
The first few years of life is a sensitive period for forming a bond with caregivers as it is thought that it helps in the ability to form strong bonds later in life.
If attachment never occurs, what can happen?
Identical twins separated at birth – What is similiar vs different (Nature or nurture)
Same genes (nature), different environment (nurture)
Put the terms in order from lowest to highest.
Hyperarousal, Coma, Alert, Drowsy, Excited, Light sleep, Deep Sleep
Coma, Deep sleep, light sleep, Drowsy, Alert, Excited, hyperarousal
Calculate the mean below
IQ - 77, 81, 102, 95, 111, 134, 121
103
What is phrenology?
- measure the size of the bumps on someone's skull
- Suggested that mental ability and personality were controlled by specific areas
Our brains have P_________ – the ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. This means that the brain’s synapses and neural networks can change through growth and recognition.
- ________ and _____________ are periods of rapid brain development.
Plasticity
Infancy
Adolescence
How many times to learn something?
~5–7 repetitions (varies, but this is a common guideline)
- is a sleep disorder that causes sudden and unexpected sleeping. It does not matter how much sleep the person had the night before. Sufferers suddenly lapse into REM sleep and usually experience loss of muscle control and REM (dreamlike) hallucinations
Narcolepsy
The students who walked through the office on the 18th June were surveyed about the facilities in the playground. This is a type of ______________ sampling.
Convenience sampling
Write the pathway for a sensory neuron and a motor neuron? Where does it start --> finish?
Sensory - receptors --> Brain (CNS)
Motor - Brain (CNS) --> effectors (muscles/glands)
Processing speed, Cognitive strategies and Metacognition are elements of the I___________ p__________ m________ of cognition
Information processing model of cognition
Blue
3 types of insomnia are
A. Sleep-onset insomnia
B. Sleep-maintaining insomnia
C. Early-morning awakening insomnia
It was hypothesized that Psychology students who have regular study schedules throughout the academic year will achieve better academic results than those who cram in the last two weeks before the exam.
What is the Research question?
-Do Psychology students who study regularly throughout the academic year achieve better academic results than students who cram in the last two weeks before the exam?
______ (Need acronym and full name) measures increased blood flow and glucose consumption to enables us to know exactly which areas of the brain are functioning. It does this by injecting a radioactive glucose (with a very short half life) into the blood. The radioactive glucose emits positrons that are picked up by the camera
PET
Positron Emission Tomography
Zone of proximal development
More knowledgeable other
Scaffolding
How many thoughts humans have per day?
~6,000–70,000 (varies widely; ~6,000 is newer estimate)
When we are asleep we shift between _____and ______ sleep. When we first fall asleep we go into NREM sleep (split into four stages) and after about 90minutes we reach our first REM sleep period. On average most adults experience______NREM-REM cycles per night with the time spent in REM increasing and the time spent in NREM decreasing as the night progresses.
NREM and REM sleep
6-6 NREM-REM cycles per night
Draw a scatter graph based on
- Time in school vs IQ scores
Should show a mod-strong positive correlation