Cognitive Psychology 1
What type of long term memory is this stored in? "The capital of Australia is Canberra"
Semantic
What type of long term memory is this stored in? "My ability to type fast on my keyboard"
Procedural
What are the 3 components of an emotion?
Subjective feeling, physiological response and expressive behaviour
Does 'emotional intelligence' and 'life success' have a positive or a negative correlation?
Positive
What are the 3 SHE concepts? (names only)
Communication & Collaboration, Influence, Development & Application
What is the function of the hippocampus in memory?
What is the function of the cortex in memory?
Storage of LTM
What is one benefit of having high emotional intelligence?
Improved relationships, less emotional outbursts, statistically more likely to earn more money etc.
What is one objective measurement of emotion?
Any physiological measurement (heart rate, blood pressure, polygraph) OR behaviour observation (facial expressions, posture).
What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable?
IV: manipulated, DV: measured
What is the serial position effect?
New pieces of information learnt first will be remembered well (primacy effect) as well as pieces of information most recently learnt (recency effect).
What is the method of loci?
A strategy to enhance memory - linking each item required to remember with a familiar place or route (i.e. your route from school to home).
What is the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in emotional experiences?
Sympathetic nervous system - causes anxiety, fear, surprise etc.
Parasympathetic nervous system - relaxes the body after experiencing anxiety, surprise, fear etc.
I want to find out whether the students in my class are more calm with the lights off, or on. How can I use a subjective measurement to find this out?
Explain what is wrong with this hypothesis and rewrite it with improvements.
"Gender impacts ability to get good grades in mathematics."
Issue: There is no clear direction, does not state which gender is better at mathematics.
Improvement: "Males are more likely to achieve high grades in mathematics when compared to females."
What is Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve and how can it be used to enhance memory?
A theory of forgetting. The steepest forgetting curve occurs when something is learnt once and then not reviewed. The angle becomes less steep for every review that is conducted.
This can be used to enhance memory by increasing the amount of revision that is done when someone wishes to have new information in their long term memory.
What are the official names for the 5 senses? (list the 5)
Haptic, echoic, iconic, olfactory, gustatory
What is the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion?
We feel emotions and experience physiological responses simultaneously. When an event occurs, the thalamus transmits a signal to the amygdala (emotion processing centre). At the same time, the thalamus also transmits a signal to the autonomic nervous system (automatic responses controlled by the hypothalamus).
What is an advantage and disadvantage of using a polygraph to measure emotions?
Adv: An objective measurement - strengthens validity
Adv: Participants cannot lie about their emotions
Adv: Data does not have to be ‘interpreted’ by an observer - not room for human error
Disadv: Many emotions produce the same physiological responses
Disadv: The polygraph itself may cause anxiety in participants - lowering validity
A study was conducted on people with insomnia VS people without insomnia. Both groups conducted a memory game. Their results were:
People with insomnia: 55% memory score
People without insomnia: 75% memory score
What conclusion can you make from the above data?
People with insomnia have worse memory than people without insomnia. To conclude, getting adequate sleep supports healthy memory functioning.
Stimuli enter sensory memory. If paid attention to, it enters STM/working memory. It will be forgotten in 5-15 seconds unless it is rehearsed. If it is rehearsed enough, it will enter LTM, where it can be later retrieved into STM to be brought back into conscious awareness.
What are the biological, psychological and social symptoms of Alzheimer's? (one symptom per level)
Biological: Decreased brain matter, damage to neurons.
Psychological: Decline in all cognitive functioning i.e. memory, learning, mood
Social: Inability to complete everyday tasks, may require support services, become socially isolated
In emotional experiences, what are the different functions of the following brain structures?
Thalamus, amygdala, hypothalamus, prefrontal cortex.
Thalamus - processes external stimuli, sends information to appropriate brain structures.
Amygdala - triggers emotional responses.
Hypothalamus - responsible for triggering either the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system in response to a stimuli.
Prefrontal cortex - responsible for the logical evaluation of a situation.
How can I run an investigation on the following question: Does money buy happiness?
Make sure to use one of the three investigation designs in psychology.
Correct answer needs to accurate describe an experimental, observational or qualitative study with correct key features, related to the research question.
Explain what each SHE concept is in detail.
Communication & Collaboration: Scientists working together to create new knowledge, scientists sharing their knowledge with other organisations i.e. the government, organisations funding research to be conducted, findings being posted in online journal articles.
Influence: How scientific information impacts society, and vice versa.
Development & Application: How knowledge is developed over time through scientific studies. How that knowledge is applied to become a solution to an issue.