Approaches
Approach that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people and the need for self-fulfilment
What is humanistic psychology
Is utilised as an intervening variable in behaviour differences
What is Motivation
PPart of the brain responsible for fine motor movement
What is the cerebellum
The process by which physical energy is converted to neural energy
What is Transduction
Hofstedes Value Dimensions
Masculinity/Feminity, Power/Distance, Uncertainity /Avoidance
Cultures that emphasise the work of the whole community
What is Collectivist
Preferential female characteristics that men look for
What is physical attractiveness and good health
Reflex actions are processed in the>>>>>>>>>
What is the spinal cord
The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
What is the absolute threshold
The role of culture through comparisons
Universalism
Approach that focuses on the study of patterns of thought and judgements
What is Cognitive Psychology
Motivation to do one thing to achieve something else
What is secondary drive posted in Drive Reduction Theory
Act at a site removed from where they are released
Hormones
The change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus.
What is Webers Law
Assuming all people of a culture are the same
Heterogenising
Gender, ethnicity, social class socio-economic status
What is the socio-cultural aspects of behaviour
Learning for ones pleasure
What is learning/mastery goal
Contains the somatosensory cortex
What is the parietal lobe
Recognition is based on schemas
What is Top-Down Processing
Changes in behaviour due to contact with other cultural groups
Accultration
The belief that we inherit memories from our ancestors
What is Jungs' Collective Unconscious
Wanting to do well because you believe in your abilities
What is motivation by cognitive factors
Will not fire an action potential
What is a Hyperpolarised neuron
Colour is the product of>>>>>>
What is light wavelength
What typology assumes cultural assimilation involves denying ones culture for the dominant society
Berrys' Typology