Research methods
the group to which an independent variable is applied
responsibility for an action is placed on the member of authority
agentic state
what is the behavioural treatment for phobias called?
systematic desensitization or flooding
what gender differences were found in Johnson & Young's study?
ads targeted at boys had themes of action and power, ads targeted at girls had themes of care, pamper, etc.
strong, preconceived notion of someone or something, based on information we have, perceive to have, or lack
cognitive bias
numerical methods used to determine whether research data support a hypothesis or whether results were due to chance
inferential stats
The bundle of fibers connecting the two hemispheres
corpus callosum
The biomedical explanation for depression
monoamine hypothesis
which part of the brain is linked to risk taking behaviour
ventral striatum
argues that the defendant is not responsible for their actions due to an episodic or persistent psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act
not guilty by reason of insanity
research method in which data is collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age
cross-sectional
This renown psychologist's famous test measures intelligence, and assess the age at which a child is performing intellectually, expressed in terms of the average "age at which normal children achieve a particular score. (background to Gould)
Binet
definitions of abnormality
statistical infrequency, deviation from social norms, deviation from ideal mental health, failure to function adequately
what kind of intelligence does the ravens matrices test for/describe the materials
fluid intelligence, patterns and pictures to test for reasoning and patter identification
which two areas of the brain did raine find were linked with aggressive behaviour
prefrontal cortex and amygdala
Two ways in which researchers avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy/bias
using a single-blind or double-blind experiment
Triad of impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder
social communication, social interaction, resistance to change
Who created the cognitive triad?
Beck
what are the different types of attachment?
secure, insecure resistant, insecure avoidant, insecure disorganized
theory that visible signs of crime, anti-social behavior, and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes.
broken windows theory
What type of a scale involves asking people to respond to a series of statements about something in terms of the extent to which they agree or disagree with them?
Likert
General conceptual frameworks, or clusters of knowledge, regarding objects, people, and situations; knowledge packages that encode generalizations about the structure of the environment.
schema
Outline a cognitive or behavioural treatment of any disorder
Miss McHenry to judge!
explain the strange situation
Miss McHenry to judge!
what is the effect of prison on prisoners
mental health problems, repeat offending, any other acceptable answers