Brain and Nervous System
Define dualism
A view that the mind is separate from the body.
The absence of physical environmental conditions that can contribute to cognitive development
Deprived environment
The ability to pay attention to two tasks at once such as cooking a meal while talking to a friend
divided attention
What is the name for the concept given to someone's ability to perceive, use, understand and manage emotions in oneself and in others.
Emotional Intelligence
give an example of the placebo effect
A person struggling with insomnia is given medication by their doctor that is described as a highly successful new drug for treating sleep disorders. The medication is really a glucose pill (1 mark for describing the placebo treatment), but the person finds that they are having less trouble falling asleep when taking this drug
Where in the brain is the superchiasmatic nucleus found?
Hypothalamus
If someone suffered a stroke and now struggles to form sentences, though he understands language, which brain region is affected?
Broca's area
What happens to REM sleep as you age
Name a contemporary IQ test/ scale commonly used to measure intelligence in Australia
Wechsler's Intelligence scales for adults or children
Give an example of a longitudinal study.
A weekly survey of the hours spent watching Netflix given to 100 Brisbane residents for one year (or similar)
Name the two subcomponents of the PNS
somatic and autonomic nervous system
Define brain plasticity
the brain's ability to adapt and change when required.
This gland produces melatonin to regulate the sleep-wake cycle
the pineal gland
State 5 of the multiple intelligences theorised by Gardener
musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic
Come up with a psychological experiment and name 3 extraneous variables.
answers will vary
A brain region that controls the ability to understand the meaning of words.
Wernicke's Area
A child who hides their feelings and becomes emotionally distant from their parent or caregiver has this attachment style
avoidant attachment style (Ainsworth)
Name one subjective and one objective way of measuring the quality of sleep
subjective: any self report measure of mood or fatigue rating
objective: hours of sleep, watch sleep tracker, brain waves
This approach to intelligence measures how we process information by examining speed of processing, a person's knowledge base, and their ability to learn and apply mental strategies to solve problems or adapt to new situations.
The Information Processing Approach
an experimental design where participants are grouped into pairs based on similar characteristics, and one member of each pair is assigned to the experimental group while the other is assigned to the control group
A functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Learning to speak a second language as if it were a first language is easiesst from ages 0-12. This period of time in human cognitive development is called...
a sensitive period
Identify three common sleep disorders and describe their symptoms
What is the name given to the amount by which IQ scores can vary depending on the interaction of heredity and the environment?
reaction range of intelligence
What are the roles of the temporal and the occipital lobes of the human brain?
Temporal = Hearing, language
Occipital = Sight