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what are the ethics |
Informed consent Written and verbal deception No coersion Anonymity No harm Debrief |
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What is experimental research methods |
Test whether changes in one variable or group of variables has an effect on another variable |
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What is non experimental research methods |
It's a basic tool in psychology and has been the starting point. No controlled variables |
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What is a population |
The complete collection of people objects or events that could be measured |
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What is a sample |
A group of participants selected from a population |
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What is the nervous system |
A system that regulates the body's response to internal and external stimuli |
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What is a neuron |
It is a nerve cell that provides communication throughout the body |
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What is the neurons components and their functions |
Cell body: produce energy for cell Dendrites: receives impulses and conducts them to cell body Axon: carries messages away from cell body Myelin: insulates and protects Axon Neurotransmitters: chemical messenger that carries impulses across the synaptic gap across transmitters |
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What is a synapse |
The junction between the Axon terminals of one neurones and dendrites of another neuron |
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What is reuptake |
Sending neuron reabsorbing excess vessicals |
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What is the central nervous system |
The brain and spinal cord |
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What is the periphal nervous system |
Communicates between the central nervous system and all parts of the body |
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What are the types of neurons and what do they do |
Motor neuron: moving muscle Sensory neuron: detects sensory receptors |
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What is sensation |
Process detects stimuli in environment and transmits to brain |
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What is prosocial behaviour |
intentional, voluntary behaviour to help someone with little to no thought of themselves |
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What is antisocial behaviour |
Intentional, voluntary behaviour to hurt a person physically or psychologically |
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Define empathy |
An emotional response to another person's feelings |
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Where is the hindbrain located |
Near the back of the skull |
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Where is the midbrain located |
On top of the hindbrain |
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Where is the forebrain located |
On top the hindbrain and at the front of the brain |
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What does the hindbrain do |
Controls vital activities that are non-concious |
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What is general intelligence |
The notion that intelligence was a general ability that showed itself in different ways, depending on the environment |
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Who theorised general intelligence |
Sir Francis Galton or just Galton |
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What is two factor intelligence |
General mental ability and specific ability or specific intelligence |
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Who theorised the two factor intelligence |
Charles spearman |
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What are the multiple intelligences |
Linguistic Logical mathematic Musical Bodily kinaesthetic Spatial Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic Existenial |
