Research Designs
What are three different designs that help gather research?
The three forms of research are
Cross- Sectional Design
Longitudinal Design
Cross- Sequential Design
What does REM stand for?
Rapid Eye Movement.
What are the 4 lobes? What're they associated with?
Frontal goes with your personality, Occipital goes with vision, Parietal goes with your senses and Temporal goes with hearing.
What is a neurotransmitter?
Why do we use psychology?
we study psychology because we need to understand ourselves and the people around us.
What is longitudinal design, cross sectional design and cross-sequential design?
The same participants are studied at various ages to determine age-related changes is longitudinal design.
Cross sequential-Different participants of various ages are compared at one point in time to determine age related differences.
cross- sequential design is different participants of various ages are compared at several different points in time for no more than 6 years.
A change in the quality or pattern of mental activity such as increased alertness or divided consciousness is called
altered state of consciousness.
What is the pituitary gland called?
what is a synapse?
microscopic fluid-filled space between the axon terminal of one cell and the dendrites of surface off the next cell.
What does covert mean?
Hidden and inside feelings
What is the cohort effect?
The cohort effect is the particular impact on development that occurs when a group of people share a common time period or common life experience.
What are the 4 waves of sleep and what can they be described as?
Alpha waves are relaxed waves.
Beta waves are awake and alert.
Theta waves prepare us for delta waves.
Delta waves are the deepest waves found in the deepest stage of sleep.
What is Gustation and Olfaction?
Gustation goes with taste and Olfaction goes with smell.
What do endorphins do?
They are pain killers and are inhibitors.
What experiment did Pavlov do?
He did conditioning with dogs and a bell.
Which 2 characteristics are fairly continuous or stable?
Cognitive learning and physical development
What is the REM myth?
People that don't get REM get paranoid, mentally ill.
What is the medulla and where is it found?
It is found in the brain stem and supports the life of the body completing many life supporting functions.
What is Gaba?
The are inhibitory chemicals that are usually depressants.
Who is the father of psychology?
Wundt
What is Nature vs. Nurture? Provide example of booth aspects.
Nature is hereditary while Nurture is the influence of the environment around us.
For example, nature would be the inheritance of certain traits or disorders that may effect ones personality while nurture is the teaching of different parenting styles.
How percent do adults spend in REM sleep and how much do infants spend in REM sleep?
Infants spend 50 percent in REM sleep while infants spend 20 percent in REM sleep.
What are meninges? What is Boca's area?
3 thin layers of tissue.
Speech production
What is part of Central Nervous System?
The Brain and the Spinal Cord.
What did William James develop?
Functionalism.