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Self-report techniques - Any method in which a person is asked to state or explain their own feelings, opinions, behaviors and experiences related to a given topic. Questionnaire - A set of written questions (sometimes called items) used to access a persons' thoughts/experiences Strengths of questionnaires - + Cost effective + Can gather large amounts of data quickly + Can be completed without the researcher being present Weaknesses of questionnaires - - Can produce response bias - P....

Which of the following best describes maturationist theory? a. Children mature as they encounter developmental crises. b. Children are capable of learning by stepping into roles when playing games. c. Children are naturally predisposed to learning. d. Children develop from having simple thoughts to increasingly abstract thought as they age. - c. Children are naturally predisposed to learning. Which of the following theorists was associated with the concept of attachment? a. Watson b. Bo...

Localisation of function - Theory that states that different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities. Motor area - Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement. Somatosensory area - Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information such as touch. Parts of the brain: Visual area. - Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual information. Parts of the brain: Auditory area. - Temporal lobe, analyses speech-based information. ...

Approaches - Different ways of explaining psychological phenomena Wilhelm Wundt - -In 1873 Wilhelm Wundt published the first lab in Leipzig, Germany -He broke down behaviours into their basic elements, his approach became known as structuralism -He was the first one to say you could study the mind Introspection - Examining one's own mental activity and breaking down conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts and sensations. To inspect the human mind The Behaviourist Approach...

Sexual selection - Explains why seemingly disadvantageous characteristics are passed on Heredity - Process of passing genes onto offspring Anisogamy - Differences between male and female gametes Intra-sexual selection - Strategies used within sexes to attract mates Inter-sexual selection - Strategies used to attract the opposite sex Quality over quantity - Approach favored by females in mate selection Sexy sons hypothesis - Offspring of attractive males are likely to be attractive Quantit...

Key term: The Enlightenment - Intellectual movement that emerged in the mid-17th century that opposed the medieval politics and philosophy of faith, superstition and religion Key date: American Revolution (ended in creation of independent American Republic) - 1776 Key date: French Revolution - 1789 Key term: change to conserve - A believe that for something valuable to be preserved, it has to be continuously updated and maintained. Key term: Whigs - Early liberal politicians who were co...

Imitation - Copying behaviour of others Identification - When an observer associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like the role model. live models - e.g teaches, siblings, parents symbolic models - people in the media Modelling - From the observer's perspective, its imitating behaviour of the role model. From the role model's perspective, its the precise demonstration of a specific behaviour that may be imitated by the observer. Vicarious reinforcement - Not directly...

Factors making something a science - 1.Controlled, experimental conditions that can show cause and effect and can test hypotheses. 2.Highly standardised experiments that can be repeated in the same way - reliability Use of IVs and DVs. 3.The scientific method - objective, systematic and replicable. 4.The scientific cycle - objective, systematic and replicable observation. Building, refining or falsifying, development of a scientific theory, constant testing/refining and back to the theor...

Biological approach - biochemistry genetics neuroanatomy infection infection - Syphilis - STI, used to make people 'insane' Flu - pregnant women are more likely to have babies with schizophrenia if they contract it when pregnant Genetics - genes over environment: mental illness and behaviours are passed down Monozygotic Twins: If both get it it is genetic If they don't it is nurture. (Concordance rate is usually 50%) Neuroanatomy - Damaged brain could cause illness / behaviours...

factors of production - -land-natural resources e.g. fields -labour-all human resources except entrepreneur -capital-buildings, machinery and tools, but not money -enterprise-the entrepreneur that organises the other 3 factors value added calculation - value of output-value of input what is a constraint on a business - a restraining factor e.g. environment, competition, legislation and the economy functions within a business - -accounting and finance -operations management and productio...