Biopsychology
This division of the nervous system controls the fight or flight response
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
p<0.05 = what percentage of your results is down to chance?
5%
This learning process explains how behaviour changes due to consequences rather than association.
What is operant conditioning?
A psychologist compares reaction times before and after caffeine consumption. What is the IV?
What is caffeine consumption?
This hormone is often called the “bonding hormone” and is linked to generosity and social bonding, which may increase at Christmas.
What is oxytocin?
This cells is found in the peripheral nervous system and the cell body/ soma is typically in the middle of the cell.
What is a sensory neuron?
This sampling method gives every member of the population an equal chance of being selected
Which approach assumes that behaviour is the result of internal mental processes that cannot be directly observed.
The Cognitive approach
A child copies aggressive behaviour after watching an adult being rewarded.
What is vicarious reinforcement?
This neurotransmitter is associated with mood and feelings of happiness, often linked to festive enjoyment.
What is serotonin?
Which drug is prescribed to those with depression and allows serotonin to stay in the synaptic gap for longer
What are SSRIs
This measure of central tendency is a descriptive statistic which is unfortunately affected by extreme outliers
What is the mean?
This concept explains why learning in social learning theory is not automatic but depends on attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation.
What are mediational processes?
Participants are tested in both the control and experimental conditions. What design is used?
What is a repeated measures design?
Giving presents can reinforce future generous behaviour. This learning process explains why generosity may increase at Christmas.
What is positive reinforcement?
This technique measures electrical activity of the brain using electrodes attached to the scalp- full name please
electroencephalogram
EEG
I have 2 groups who each contain a sociological twin of the other, I give one group a fright while in the lab with a loud bang, the second group listen to relaxing music. I then measure the volume of adrenalin in parts per million from a blood sample. What statistical test should I use?
Related test
This concept explains how genetically inherited characteristics that aid survival become more common across generations
What is natural selection?
Xavier has nearly been hit by a car and feels sick- biopsyche explanation
adrenalin has caused the digestive system to shut off
What's my dog's name?
Lavender
Which scientist studies black cab taxi drivers and found after taking 'The Knowledge' their hippocampus grew?
Maguire et al
Name the 5 ethical conducts we must follow in psychological research
1) informed consent
2) Deception
3) Protection from harm
4) Confidentiality
5) Right to withdraw
This term describes explaining behaviour using only one level of explanation, such as biology alone.
using only one level of explanation, such as biology alone.What is reductionism?
A psychologist is investigating whether listening to music improves memory.
Participants are asked to learn a list of 20 words while listening to music and then recall them immediately afterwards.
Some participants complete the task in a quiet room, while others complete it in a busy common area.
Volume of background noise
Feeling pressured to enjoy Christmas because “everyone else is happy” can lead to distress explained by this cognitive process involving schemas.
What are maladaptive schemas?