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Ethics

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Rules or standards that guide how people live their lives and make decisions.

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Beneficence

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The moral obligation to act for the benefit of others. (Do No Harm)

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Can I Watch a DVD? (what does it stand for?)

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Confidentiality
Informed Consent
Withdrawal Rights
Deception
Voluntary
Debriefing

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Confidentiality

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All participants details must be kept confidential

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Informed Consent

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Participants must be aware of the experiment and give consent to participate.

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Withdrawal Rights

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Participants must be allowed to withdraw from the experiment at any time.

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Deception

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The participant must be debriefed if any deception was used.

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Voluntary

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Participants must freely volunteer to participate in the experiment.

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Debriefing

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Participants must be debriefed and provide treatment if required.

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Validity

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The extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure. A test must be valid.

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Scientific Method Definition

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The process is where students plan, carry out, and report on their research.

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What is a variable?

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A factor that can change in observable and measurable ways.

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Independent Variable

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What the researcher is testing. It causes something to happen.

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Dependant Variable

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What the researcher is measuring. It is a response to the IV.

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Extraneous Variable

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It may influence the DV and need to be controlled. (any other variables except for the IV)

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Control Group

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Group of participants who do not receive the IV.

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Experimental Group

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Group of participants who do receive the IV.

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Placebo Effect

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Change in the participants behaviour due to the expectations around the experiment.

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Placebo

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A fake or false treatment so no participants know whether they are exposed to the experimental condition.

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Experimenter Effect

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The experimenter’s behaviour may be biased and influence the participants unintentionally.

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No Blind Study

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Researchers AND participants know who the control group and experimental group are.

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Single Blind

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Researchers know who the control and experimental groups are, but control groups are given a placebo.

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Double Blind

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Control groups are given a placebo and researchers don’t know who’s in the control or experimental group.

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Types of Studies (5 total)

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Case Study, Observational Study, Cross-Sectional Study, Longitudinal Study & Interviews.

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Population (related to psychology)
The group of people that the experiment is interested in/related to.
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Sample
The smaller group who will be in the experiment.
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Convenience Sampling
Selecting the easiest subjects and asking them to participate.
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Random Sampling
Every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.
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Stratified Sampling
Reflect the population when selecting participants.
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Central Nervous System
Made up of brain and spinal cord. Processes information and sends out messages.
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Peripheral Nervous System
Made up of nerves which take the message to and from the CNS around the body.
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Autonomic Nervous System
Involuntary movements
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Somatic Nervous System
Controls voluntary movements. e.g muscles to body.
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Sympathetic Nervous System
Fight or Flight - Increases Heart Rate, blood pressure, sweat glands.
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
Rest and Digest - conserves energy - controls digestion, bladder Brings body back to normal state.
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3 Types of Neurons
Sensory Neurons Interneurons Motor Neurons
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Sensory Neurons
Sensitive to heat and light Carry messages to the brain and spinal cord from the eyes, ears, tongue and skin
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Interneurons
Transmit messages between the neurons in the body and the central nervous system. Only located in the CNS
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Motor Neurons
Carry messages from the CNS to the muscles which process this as an action or movement.
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7 Parts of a Neuron
Soma (cell body), Nucleus, Axon, Myelin Sheath, Dendrites, Axon Terminals, Synapse.
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Nucleus
Control Centre
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Dendrites
Collect electrical messages from other neurons.
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Soma
Cell Body
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Myelin Sheath
Insulates and protects the message and allows electrical signals to pass through quickly and efficiently.
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Axon
Transmit information between neurons
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Axon Terminals
Transmit information to other neurons
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Synapse
Connect one neuron to the other The gap between two neurons.
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What does the left hemisphere of the brain control?
- Controls motor and sensory from the right side of the body - Speech, language - Logical thinking & calculations - Words, letters, numbers - Maths, English
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What does the right hemisphere of the brain control?
- Controls motor and sensory from the right side of the body - creativity - recognition of faces, places and objects. - music
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What does the Cerebrum do?
controls your thoughts and voluntary movements throughout the body.
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What does the Cerebellum do?
coordination and balance
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What does the brain stem do?
controls the body's vital functions such as: - breathing - blood pressure - heart rate
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What does the Basal Ganglia do?
- controls movements - habits - feelings of reward
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What does the Thalamus do?
- regulation of sleep, consciousness and alertness. - motor and sensory information
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What does the Hypothalamus do?
keeps body balanced controls: - body temp - hunger - fatigue - sleep
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What does the Amygdala do?
- processing emotions - emotional responses (especially fear)
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What does the Hippocampus do?
- processing memories - converting short-term memories into long-term memories.
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What does the Frontal Lobe do?
Front part of the brain; - personality - decision making - voluntary movement
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What does the Parietal Lobe do?
In the middle and top of the brain; - coordination - All sensory information
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What does the Temporal Lobe do?
Bottom of the brain on both sides; - memory - emotions - speech & language - All auditory information
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What does the Occipital Lobe do?
located at the base of the skull; Visual processing: - spacial processing - colour processing - depth perception - face recognition
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What is the Cerebral Cortex?
the outer layer of tissue on the brain.
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Corpus Callosum
bundle of nerve fibres that enable communication between the two hemispheres
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F-POT
Frontal Parietal Occipital Temporal
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What is the Mental Health Continuum?
The scale and range from being mentally healthy, having a mental problem or mental disorder.
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6 approaches to normality
'Senior Students From High School Musical' Sociocultural Situaltional Functional Historical Statistical Medical
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Sociocultural
It's normal if other people (society) do it.
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Functional
It's abnormal if you cannot take care of yourself and work.
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Historical
It might not be normal now, but it was then.
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Situational
It might be normal in that situation, but not in this one.
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Medical
If you are not normal, it's because you have an illness.
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Statistical
If most people do it, it's normal. If few people do it, it's abnormal.
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Neurodiverse/Neurodivergent Conditions
- Dyslexia - Dyspraxia - OCD* - Tourette's - Autism - ADHD
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Dyspraxia
affects your physical coordination
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BPS Model stands for:
Bio-Psycho-Social Model Biological Psychological Social

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