Psych 1xx3 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Emmanuel is the only male child in his family who suffers from colourblindness. What is the most likely reason for this? A) Emmanuel's father is colourblind but his mother is neither colourblind, nor a carrier of the gene. B) Emmanuel's mother is a carrier of this gene but his father is not colourblind. The rest of Emmanuel's siblings are females, so they do not exhibit the colourblind phenotype. C) Emmanuel's mother is colourblind but his father is not. This results in a 1 in 4 chanc...

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the cross-sectional design? - Generational Effects Which of the following scenarios would not be an example of the good of the group? - A whale circles around a group of small fish to confuse them so it can more easily pounce and catch the most fish. Rachael is born completely deaf, resulting in the neurons that were 'reserved' for auditory input to perform another task. Which stage of Rachael's neural development was affected and why? - Diffe...

ADAPTATIONS - - Biological traits that help an individual to survive -reproduce in its habitat The human eye - enables you to recognize and respond effectively to things around you by directing and analyzing the reflected light - ie raccoons paws are so developed they do not need eyes to distinguish food from non-food - bats are able to navigate in the dark Adaptive Functions of Mental Activities - - selective attention, memory, encoding and memory retrieval what else are psycholog...

Differentiate between maturation and learning - ANS -Maturation: biologically times; according to individual's genetic plan (timeline of development) -Learning: relatively permanent with practice , but comes about as a result of experience (not hard-wired into genetics) Define maturation - ANS Biological growth within an individual according to a hard-wired genetic plan; determines timeline of development Define learning - ANS Relatively permanent change in ...

Development - ANS the changes and continuities that occur in an individual between conception and death Maturation - ANS the biologically-timed unfolding of changes within an individual according to the individual's genetic 'plan' Learning - ANS the acquisition of new neuronal representations of novel information, this results in relatively permanent changes in our thoughts, behaviors, and feelings as a result of our experiences Interactionist perspectiv...

Emmanuel is the only male child in his family who suffers from colourblindness. What is the most likely reason for this? A) Emmanuel's father is colourblind but his mother is neither colourblind, nor a carrier of the gene. B) Emmanuel's mother is a carrier of this gene but his father is not colourblind. The rest of Emmanuel's siblings are females, so they do not exhibit the colourblind phenotype. C) Emmanuel's mother is colourblind but his father is not. This results in a 1 in 4 chanc...

Forebrain - ANS Most evolutionarily recent and largest part of the human brain consisting of the cortex and the subcortical structures of the limbic system Amygdala - ANS Almond shaped structure located below surface of temporal lobe that plays a role in decoding emotions, specifically fear Indirect fitness - ANS Individual's genetic contribution to the next generation through reproduction of close genetic relatives What is this an example of? Mother he...

Evolution - ANS The unifying theory of the biological sciences - including psychology Adaptations - ANS The functional traits that help an individual to survive and reproduce in its habitat -perform a specific function to make an organism better suited for its environment What did the Evolution of the Human eye allow for humans to do better? - ANS the human eye enables you to recognize and respond effectively to things around you by detecting and analyzing re...

between-subjects design - ANS an experimental design where an independent variable is manipulated across separate groups of participants. each participant takes part in only one of the conditions. ex: testing effects of caffeine on alertness (those who drank coffee and those who didnt) blinding - ANS when participants dont know whethter they belong to the experimental or control group, or which treatment they are receiving (comparing effect of drinking caf or decaf coffee ...