Visual Perception
Which theory of perception argues that sensory information is directly available from the environment without the need for prior knowledge?
Gibson
What measure of central tendency is the value that occurs most frequently in a set of data?
Mode
What type of motivation comes from personal satisfaction or enjoyment?
Intrinsic
Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for the production of speech?
Broca
What is the term for the group that a person belongs to?
Ingroup
What is the term for the possible actions that we perceive an object or environment to offer?
Affordance
What sampling technique selects participants because they are available at the time of the research?
Opportunity
What is the process of maintaining the body’s internal physiological balance?
Homeostasis
What process occurs when a child changes an existing schema to incorporate new information?
Accommodation
Which stage of social identity theory involves placing people into social groups?
Categorization
Which type of depth cue occurs when closer objects appear to move faster than distant objects as an observer moves?
What type of reliability refers to consistency and agreement between observers recording the same behaviours?
Inter-Observer
Which nervous system is responsible for the body’s “fight or flight” response?
Sympathetic
What stage of language development involves children using short phrases such as “want juice”?
Telegraphic
Which brain area is particularly involved in empathetic responses?
Amygdala
What is the term for a mental structure used to organise and store information about the environment?
Schema
What ethical guideline requires researchers to provide participants with full information about the research after data collection?
Debriefing
Which level of Maslow’s hierarchy represents the growth need?
Self actualization
What is the name of Chomsky’s proposed innate mechanism for acquiring language?
LAD
Which process occurs when a person learns by observing and copying a model’s behaviour?
Imitation
Which Gestalt principle explains why we tend to perceive incomplete objects as complete?
Closure
What is the term for defining a variable so that it can be accurately measured or observed?
Operationalization
According to Deci and Ryan, which need refers to feeling capable of performing tasks?
Competence
Which type of aphasia involves difficulty understanding spoken language?
Wernicke’s
Which hormone is associated with prosocial behaviour and social bonding?
Oxytocin