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2.1 psychological research methods
Before scientific method any stat...,
Scientific method helps 2,
We cant accurately derive our und...
38  cards
2.2 psychological research methods
Naturalistic observations 1,
Surveys questionnaires 2,
Correlational reseach 3
28  cards
3.3 anatomy of the brain
The brain 1,
The hindbrain 2,
Medulla 3
46  cards
3.2 nervous system
Structure of neurons 1,
Neurons job is to fire or not to ...,
Soma 3
35  cards
3.1 genetic influences on behaviour
Nature 1,
Nuture 2,
Genes are in every cell of our bo...
16  cards
4.1 psychophysics and gestalt psychology
Sensory organs 1,
Perception 2,
Transduction 3
28  cards
4.2 The visual system
Eyes rely on light energy 1,
Eyes 2,
Light 3
56  cards
4.3 the auditory system, sense of touch, the gustatory system and the olfactory system
Sound waves 1,
Frequency 2,
Are there limits to what we are a...
36  cards
5.1 consciousness: the nature & functions of sleeping
Sleeping 1,
Biological rhythms 2,
Circannual rhythms 3
47  cards
5.2 altered states of consciousness
Female students dreams 1,
Male students dreams 2,
Why do we dream 3
36  cards
5.3 the effects of drugs on consciousness
Psychoactive drugs 1,
Short term drug effects 2,
Agonists 3
28  cards
6.1 the principcles of learning: classical conditioning
Primary research focus of behavio...,
Behaviourists couldn t think of a...,
Behaviourists began by reasoning ...
30  cards
7.1 memory as a data storage facility
Time plays an important role in m...,
Memory has many tasks to do and c...,
The cognitive revolution 3
34  cards
7.2 long term memory
Declarative or explicit memory 1,
Non declarative or implicit memory 2,
Episodic memory 3
50  cards
7.3 the error prone nature of human memory
Rapid forgetting doesnt 1,
Mnemonics 2,
The method of loci 3
18  cards
8.1 thought and language: elements of thought
Grouping by similarity helps 1,
Concepts 2,
Categories 3
14  cards
8.2 problem solving, decision making and judgment
Algorithm 1,
Heuristics 2,
Cognitive obstacles 3
21  cards
8.3 langauge
Aphasia 1,
Brocas aphasia 2,
Carl wernicke 3
27  cards
9.1 perspectives on intelligence
Psychologist were improperly mark...,
The aim of sterilization programs 2,
Sir francis galton 3
32  cards
9.2 theroies of intelligence
Charles spearman 1,
Factor analysis 2,
General intelligence factor g 3
27  cards
9.3 genetic and environmental influences on intelligence
Iq scores are most similar for 1,
Heritability 2,
The contribution of genetic diffe...
26  cards
10.1 lifespan development
Developmental psychology 1,
Cross sectional designs 2,
Longitudinal designs 3
40  cards
10.2 child cognitive and social development
Habituation dishabituation respon...,
Renee baillargeon 2,
Core knowledge hypothesis 3
32  cards
10.3 adolescent development
Release of these hormones control...,
Primary sex traits 2,
Secondary sex traits 3
28  cards
10.4 adult developement
Young adulthood ages 1,
Middle adulthood ages 2,
Older adulthood ages 3
22  cards
11.1 emotion and motivation
Basic motivation 1,
Drives 2,
Homeostasis 3
40  cards
11.2 social motivations
Abraham maslow 1,
Maslow s hierarchy of needs 2,
Maslow s hierarchy of needs 3
26  cards
11.3 human emotion
Stages or emotional experience 1,
Initial response stage 2,
Autonomic response stage 3
20  cards
12.1 core dimensions
Personality 1,
Idiographic approach to personali...,
Nomothetic approach to personalit...
35  cards
12.2 genetic and cultural influences
Weird cultures 1,
Research with members of non weir...,
A recent study used personality a...
20  cards
12.3 psychodynamic and humanistic approaches
Sigmund freud 1,
Freudian slips 2,
Psychological problems might aris...
42  cards
13.1 situattional influences on behaviour
Social psychology 1,
We would like to assume that othe...,
Situational factors that influenc...
27  cards
13.2 obedience to authority and social cognition
The power of authority figures 1,
Stanley milgram 2,
The courage to oppose atrocities ...
29  cards
13.3 the art of science and persuasion
The elaboration likelihood model 1,
When using the central route 2,
Info only ad 3
25  cards
14.1 Health psyhology and its applications
Most deaths are now related to 1,
Smoking is a learned social behav...,
Study on smoking 3
18  cards
14.2 stress and its consequences for health
Stressors 1,
The stress response 2,
Richard lazarus 3
33  cards
14.3 Coping and resilience
Coping 1,
Problem focused coping 2,
Emotional focused coping 3
31  cards
15.1 The history of clinical psychology and mental disorder diagnosis
Clinical psychology 1,
Trepanning 2,
Excorcisms 3
26  cards
15.2 Personality, Dissociative, and anxiety disorders
Dsm 5 1,
Cluster a personality disorders 2,
Cluster b personality disorders 3
32  cards
15.3 mood disorders and schizophrenia
Major depression 1,
Bipolar disorder 2,
Manic phase 3
29  cards
16.1 general issues about mental health treatment
Women are more likely to seek hel...,
Canadians and americans seek help...,
List of signs that a person shoul...
20  cards
16.2 the psychological kind
Insight therapies 1,
Psychodynamic therapies 2,
Defense mechanisms 3
38  cards

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