Extras Flashcards
What does transcranial magnetic stimulation use to create electric fields in the brain?
Magnetic fields
Does light energy travel in waves
Yes
What do all visible wave lengths combine to make?
White light
What determines the colour of light?
The wavelength
Your flatmate ate the chocolate that you have been saving since Easter. Before you start to get really angry, you tell yourself that they really have done you a favour, because you now won’t have to eat all those calories. This is an example of emotional ……… and is thought to involve regulation of emotion by the …….
Reframing; prefrontal cortex
When do people tend to be happier?
In individualistic than collectivist cultures
In democracies than in political systems
Reasonable income
With many close friends and with faith
Why else might people find average faces attractive?
An average face may be a sign of good health or genes which is appealing from an evolutionary standpoint
What have researchers who studied the effects of television violence on aggression found?
Media violence may cause aggression in children but this is difficult to substantiate because correlation of studies used to investigate this link are low in internal validity
What is another name for an insecure-ambivalent attachment style?
Insecure-anxious
What is capgras syndrome?
Capgras illusion: irrational belief that someone they know all recognise has been replaced by an impostor
Disrupted connection between the face recognition area and the emotion processing area.
How long did peter trip stay awake for? And what happened during this time?
200 hours
He had hallucinations as if he was in REM sleep. He dropped in body temp and the lower his temperature became the ‘crazier he became’
Afterwards he had completely changed in personality and everything. Close friends and family say he was permanently damaged
What is an example of an agonist?
Morphine: binds to receptor sites of endorphins the reduce pain
What is an example of an antagonist?
Botox: blocks release of acetylcholine to stop its effects on muscles
What is the McGurk effect?
Perceptual phenomenon that demonstrates an interaction between hearing and vision in speech production
Explain the conditioning process
Before
UCS (a)-UCR(b) and NS (c)
During
NS(c)+UCS(a) =UCR (b)
After
CS(c) = CR(b)
