Psychology Unit 1 Revision

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Definition/Goals of Psychology.

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Psychology is the scienfic syudy of behaviour and mental processes in humans.

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What are Mental Processes?

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Refers to an individual's thoughts and feelings that are personal and cannot be directly observed. They're private, internal and cannot be seen by others.

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What is Behaviour?

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Refers to any observable action made by a living person.

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What are the Psychology profession?

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-Sport Psychologist
-Community Psychologist
-Biological Psychologist
-Forensic Psychologist
-Organisational Psychologist
-Eduaction and Development Psychologist
-Counselling Psychologist
-Clinical Neuropsychologist
-Personality Psychologist
-Health Psychologist
-Clinical Psychologist
-Social Psychologist

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What does a Sport Psychologist do?

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Helps athletes to develop mental skills to achieve peak perfomance.

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What does a Community Psychologist do?

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Works with individuals, community groups and organisations to help improve health and welfare of people in the community.

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What does a Biological Psychologist do?

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Focuses on bodily structure, systems and activities associated with behaviour and mental processes.

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What does a Forensic Psychologist do?

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Work with people in legal and correctional service settings.

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What does a Organisational Psychologist do?

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Helps people in workplaces.

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What does a Eduaction and Development Psychologist do?

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Helps people with issues that affect learning or with life change.

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What does a Counselling Psychologist do?

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Helps people deal with all kinds of personal and relationship problems.

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What does a Clinical Neuropsychologist do?

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Helps rehabilitate people with problems arising from brain damage or irregularities in brain function.

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What does a Personality Psychologist do?

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Focuses on people's characteristics and enduring ways of thinking, feeling and behaving.

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What does a Health Psychologist do?

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Promotes and maintains health-related behaviour, works on improving the healthcare system.

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What does a Clinical Psychologist do?

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Focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health problems.

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What does a Social Psychologist do?

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Foucses on how behaviour can change in different social situation.

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Psychologist qualifications?

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-Total of 6 years of full time study and training.
-Use counselling and psychological therapies.
-No medical degree.
-CANNOT hospitillise an individual without consent.

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Psychiatrist qualifications?

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-Total of 13 years of full time study and training.
-Use counselling and psychological therapies as well as prescibe drugs.
-Quilified medical doctor.
-Involantry hospititalisation.

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What is Australian Psychological Society (APS)?

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Ltd APS is a national professional association that represents, advances and promotes the interests of the psychological profession and psychologist.
The APS created a code of ethics to which all psycholoigsts and psychaitrists must abide by.

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Which Theorist school of thought was "Functionalism?

Hint: "WJF"

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Functionalism

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What's the theory of Functionalism?

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Focuses on studying the functions or purpose that mental processes server in enabling people to adapt to their environment. The how and why of our thoughts and feelings.

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Which Theorist school of thought was "Psychoanalysis?

Hint: "Psycho!!!"

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Sigmand Freud

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What's the theory of Psychoanalysis?

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Focuses on the role of unconscious conflict and motivations in understanding and explaining behaviour and meantal procoesses.
Our unconscious is a part of the mind below our level of normal unconscious awarness.

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Which Theorist school of thought was "Behaviourism?

Hint: "B for Behaviour!!!"

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John B Watson

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What's the theory of Behaviourism?

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Involves understanding and explaining how behaviour is learned and moulded by experience.
Proposed the psychology should focuses on the scientific study of observable behaviour that could be objectively measured and comfired by other research.
John B Watson was also one of the first to discuss the goal of Psychology.

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What is the definition of "Bioligical Perspective"?

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Foucses on the biological (physiological) influences on the behaviour.

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What is the definition of "Behavioural Perspective"?

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Focuses on how behaviour is aquried or modified by enviromental consequences such as rewards and punishment.

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What is the definition of "Cognitive Perspective"?

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Focuses on how we aquire, process, remember and use information about ourselves and the world around us.

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What is the definition of "Socio-cultral Perspective"?

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Focuses on the roles of social and cultral infuences on human behaviour and mental process.

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What is a Research Method?

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Is a particular way of conducting a research study or investagation to collect data.

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What is a Experimental Research?

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Is the researcher manipulates and controls a research participants experiences in some way to measure whether this cause a particular predetermined responce from the participant.

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What are the Varibles?

Hint: There are 3 of them.

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-Independent Varible
-Dependent Varible
-Extraneous Varible

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What is the Independent Varible (IV)?

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Is the varible that is manipulated or changed.

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What is the Dependent Varible (DV)?

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Is the varible that is used to observe and measure the effects of the IV.

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What is the Extraneous Varible (EV)?

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Is a varible other than the IV that can course a change in the DV.

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What happens in an "Experimental group"?

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The IV is present.
This group is being tested upon.

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What happens in an "Control group"?

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The IV is absent.
This group get the normal conditions.

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What does the term "Population" mean?

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It refers to the entire group of research interest from which a sample is drawn.

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What does the term "Sample" mean?

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Is a subsection, or smaller groups, of research participants selected from a large group of research interest.

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What is "Representive Sample"?

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Is a sample that is approximately the same as the population from which it is drawn in every important participant characteristics.

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What is "Random Sample"?

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Ensures that every member of the population of research interest has a genuinely equal chance of being selected as a participant for the research study.

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What is "Stratified Sample"?

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It invloves dividing the population to be sampled into different subgroups, or strata, then selecting a seperate sample from each sub group (called stratum) in the same proportions as they occur in the population of interest.

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What is a "Hypothesis"?

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A testable prediction of the relationship between two or more characterstics.
Carefully written statement, never a question-One sentance (sometimes long)
Expressed clearly and precisely, you are to be specific in what you are predicting- "It's hypothesised that"
Must include strength direction-Finish with "as oppsed to"

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What are "Ethics"?

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The standards that guide individuals to identify good desirable or acceptable conduct. NO psychological or physical harm is caused to the participant(s).