UNIT 1
Answers "How Many?" or "How Much" in Research
Quantitative
Sensory Adaptation
A change over time that responds to the sensory system to a constant stimulus. Example (When your at a trampoline park for hours and after your done, you still feel like your jumping)
TRUE OR FALSE: Happy people live longer?
Yes! Happy people do end up living longer according to research. It is influenced by genetics and they can learn to be happier through different ways such as gratitude, altruism and optimism and many more! They are also better problem solvers!
Evolution
A change over time and the progress or growth that occurs during that time
Social Science
Uses Scientific methods to study human behaviours
Operant Conditioning
A. We are motivated to do things that produce positive outcomes (rewards or avoidance of punishment)
B. Stop or avoid doing things which would result in negative consequence
Altruism Vs Hedoism
Altruism: When we do things selflessly for others
Hedonism: Self-oriented, pleasure-seeking behaviour
Artifact Vs Biofacts
Artifact: Object produced by Human craft
Biofacts: Organic material that's found at an archeological site
For research to be scientifically valid
1. Controlled
2. Repeatable
3. Conducted on a representative sample
Kinds of Memory
1. Episodic
2. Semantic
3. Procedural
Being an owner of a pet correlates to....
Higher self-esteem, More exercise, Less anxiety, Less loneliness, Stress relief, Protection from social rejection.
3 Dimensions of Culture
1. Ideas or the ways of thinking
2. Norms
3. Material culture, when ideas are put into practice, material items are produced
Scientific research can be difficult because....
1. People are highly complex
2. Each and every subject is unique
3. Measuring intangibles such as emotions or responses can be subjective
4. Definitions are difficult to generate
5. Variables are highly intermingled; can be hard to isolate them
6. Subjects can be sensitive and therefore they aren't always honest.
The 5 Levels of Attention
1. Focused
2. Sustained
3. Selective
4. Alternating
5. Divided
Different kinds of Sleep Problems
1. Insomnia
2. Sleep Apnea
3. Narcolepsy
4. Sleep walking and Night Terrors
The Universe is appearing to be expanding/cooling theory belongs to....
The Big Bang Theory!