Strengths & Limitations
strengths: clear cause and effect relationship, variables are easily manipulated
limitations: correlation does not equal causation, artificial, ecological validity
what are experiments?
controls fear
amygdala
SchemasCognitive structures that organize our knowledge of events, objects, ourselves, and others - mental representation of an event, object, or place in your mind?
what are Schemas?
social learning theory, direct
direct: performing an action/behaviour and experiencing the consequences ourselves
Picking a line when other people are surrounding you and choosing the wrong answer. A study into conformity.
asch paradigm
strengths: uses triangulation (many different methods) to increase validity
limitations: researcher bias, can't be replicated, cannot be generalized
what is case study?
each part of the brain has a specific function
what is localization of function
These help people remember the gist of things (filling in gaps), makes people ignore things that don't fit in with their preconceived notion, leads to confirmation bias/stereotype confirmation
what is the influence of Schemas?
indirect: observing the consequences of another person's action or behaviour. SCT is an explanation of how we learn from others
self serving bias
Coming up with an explanation for a performance/behavior that makes ourself look better
strengths: easy to identify patterns and broadens research study
limitations: self reporting bias, no empirical evidence, analyzation of data can be difficult
what are surveys?
forming information receiving network
what is dendrites?
one or more of the stores in the multi-store model
what are
sensory
short term
long term
stereotype threat
when people are at risk of fulfilling stereotypes of the social groups their placed in
fundamental attribution error
Attributing other people's behaviour to their disposition, assuming what they did was a result of their disposition
Strengths: Useful in explaining many cognitive processes (perception, memory, reasoning), and helps us understand reconstructive memory (eyewitness testimony, gender identity, cultural differences)
Limitations: Schema theory is too vague. It does not explain how schemas are acquired in the first place, and it focuses too much on inaccuracies of memory.
what is schema theory?
role of serotonin
what is affects moral decisions?
how sensory is moved to short term and into long term
Sensory can be moved to Short Term by paying attention
Short Term can only be moved to Long Term through Rehearsal
things that characterize an individual or culture
independence
self reliance
greater emphasis on uniqueness
self as the highest priority
littler's kids names
lyra & freddie
Strengths: Can provide evidence for strong connections between two variables
Limitations: Correlation does not prove causation, only based on observation
What is Correlational/Observartional Research?
1) Pre-synaptic neuron receives an action potential
2) action travels down the axon and CA channels open to receive ions to charge the vesicles
3) Vesicles are charged than travel to the membrane (presynaptic neuron) attack to the membrane and send out neurotransmitters
4) Neurotransmitters travel until reach the receptor molecule
5) transmitters bond to the receptor, allowing sodium to enter post synaptic neuron
6) Action potential travels to the axon of the post synaptic neuron
7) Neurotransmitters return to the presynaptic neuron where they are bound to the vesicles
levels of processing
what are the structural (visual), phonological (auditory), and semantic (meaning)
retention
motivation
reproductionAttention: Learning that takes place by observing others,
Retention: Observers have to remember the behavior,
Motivation: Observer has to be motivated to repeat the behavior,
Reproduction: One has to have the physical capability to replicate the behavior
littler's flashbulb memory
that soccer player being traded from the blackburn rovers