Biological approach
Is the ability of the brain to change through the making and braking of synaptic connections between neurons
What is neuroplasticity?
Is our ability to encode, store, retain and subsequently recall information and past experiences in the human brain.
What is memory?
Is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another. It guides a group of people in ther daily interactions.
What is culture?
He noticed that certain types of task were almost always done incorrectly when attempted by children of a certain age. This led him to believe that children’s cognitive processes are different from those of adults and that children go through a number of relatively clear-cut stages in their development
Who is Jean Piaget?
It was first publised in 1952 and received its last revision in 2013. Described diagnosis in terms of axes but the latest revision of the 5th edition took out them out because they were too artificial and difficult to outline.
What is the DSM?
Who is Phineas Gage?
They are mental representations that organize our knowledge, beliefs and expectations
What are cognitive schemas?
Is a process of psychological and cultural change as a result of contact and interaction between cultures. This can result in changes to all (or both) cultures, not only the non-dominant culture.
What is acculturation?
Neurogenesis, migration, differentiation and pruning
What are the structural changes of the brain?
A characteristic of behaviour or a trait of personality is classified as abnormal if it statistically unusual. 3 different thresholds that define abnormality: 90%, 95% and 99%
Measures electric potentials generated by neural circuits. Electrodes are attached to the scalp in predetermined points and pick up the changes in the electric potential of the scalp areas.
Proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968, according to this model, the human memory consists in 3 separate components:
a)Sensory memory
b)Short – term memory store (STM)
c)Long – term memory store (LTM)
What is the multi-store model?
States that we are all "social psychologists" attempting to understand others, we create our own theories of human behavior and apply them to those we meet
What is social cognition?
It is defined by the comparison of 3 different areas: what the child can do by herself or himself, what the child can do with the help of an adult, and what the child cannot do even with a helping adult.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Set of causes of a disease or conditions
What is Ethiology?
Fisher, Aron and Brown (2005) conducted a study of the neural mechanisms of romantic love. This study suggested the central role of ****** in the brain response to loved ones.
What is the effect of dopamine on romantic love?
The brain closes logical gaps in what it hears, sees, or reads, frequently remembering things that did not take place.
What is the false memory effect?
In an attempt to simplify and standardize cross-cultural analysis, the author of this study undertook research covering more than 70 countries. He used the 40 largest of these countries to come up with elements that can help explain patterns of human behaviour across cultures.
What are Hofstede's 6 Dimensions?
Is the ability to attribute mental states (beliefs, intentions, knowledge) to others. In other words, it is the ability to understand another person’s beliefs, intentions and perspectives.
What is Theory of Mind?
Occurs when two different genotypes respond to the same environment in different ways. Nature vs nurture
What is Gene - environment interaction?
This hormone is produced in the hypothalamus and released into the blood by the pituitary gland. It plays a role in sexual reproduction, childbirth and social bonding. It has been referred to as “the love hormone”, “the bonding hormone” and “the cuddle chemical”.
What is Oxytocin?
Its a system of prescribed rules for generating valid conclusions or predictions from initial axiomatic assumptions or knowledge
What is formal logic?
This study argues that individuals can adopt four strategies for cultural change: Assimilation, Integration, Separation & Marginalization
What is Berry's acculturation study?
In his research, he used rhesus monkeys and two surrogate mothers: one comforting and one that only satisfied the basic needs . Results showed that baby monkeys preferred to spend time with the cloth mother (maximizing contact comfort rather than satisfaction of basic needs).
Function by selectively inhibiting reuptake of serotonin. This means the number of potential side effects is smaller.
What are the Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?