P/S BP Diagnostic

Question 1

what are five ways to increase the power of an exp or study

Answer 1

increase the alpha level, decrease random error, conduct a one tailed test, expand sample size or increase effect size.

Question 2

one tailed test

Answer 2

A one-tailed test results from an alternative hypothesis which specifies a direction. i.e. when the alternative hypothesis states that the parameter is in fact either bigger or smaller than the value specified in the null hypothesis.

Question 3

instrumental support

Answer 3

instrumental support- various types of tangible help that ppl can give a person like help with childcare, giving money, etc

Question 4

implicit bias

Answer 4

implicit bias refers to attitudes or stereotypes that affect someones understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconsc manner. these can encompass both good and bad assessment and are activated involuntarily and without awareness

Question 5

what are monoamines thought to play a role in

Answer 5

monoamines are thought to play a role in mood reg so deficiences in any of them may play a role in the devp of mood disorders

Question 6

gabas role in mood disorders

Answer 6

gaba is the main inhibitory neurotrans in the cns. it reduces neuronal excitability and is decreased in anxiety levels. so this would release least to mood disorders, such as depression

Question 7

self-efficacy

Answer 7

Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments

Question 8

lack of self efficacy

Answer 8

this feeling of inability to effect change is best described as a lack of self-efficacy

Question 9

social capital

Answer 9

social capital is the benefit one gets from their social networks. thus the person discussed in the q is receiving social cap as a consequeunce of his membership in this subculture

Question 10

stigma and what does culture usually stigmatize based on

Answer 10

stigma is extreme disapproval of a person based on some behavior or quality of them. usually culture will stigmatize based on overt physical deformations, deviant personal traits like addiction or deviation from accepted norms of the group

Question 11

protectionism

Answer 11

but protectionism, which refers to a country rejecting trade w others and being isolative, which is inversely proportional to globalization.

Question 12

looking-glass self

Answer 12

our understanding of how others see us, which relies on perceiving a reflection of ourselves based on the words and actions of others is appropriately called the looking-glass self

Question 13

formal social sanction

Answer 13

formal sanction is typically a rule enforced by a govt, like a fine or imprisonment.

Question 14

recency effect

Answer 14

recency refers to tendency to recall items near the end of a list.

Question 15

serial position effect

Answer 15

serial position describes its more likely to remember things at the beginning and end of a list.

Question 16

cognitive bias effect

Answer 16

the cognitive bias effect is the tendency to think in certain ways. cog biases often cause deviations from a standard of rationality of good judgment. these r unrelated to the short term mem tests described.

Question 17

functionalism

Answer 17

functionalism views society and social institutions as interdependent, interacting parts of a whole. here the various elements of the hospital system come tg to fxn as a system to deliver health care to the pts.

Question 18

conflict theory

Answer 18

pioneered by karl marx, it views sociology thru the lens of conflicts btwn various classes n groups within society. usually involves systematic inequalitites that keep power out of the hands of lower status groups.

Question 19

feminist theory

Answer 19

branch of feminism that seeks to explain the nature of gender inequality. it examines womens social roles, exp, interests and politics in a variety of fields such as ed, med and business.

Question 20

symbolic interactionism

Answer 20

view of sociology on the micro level, thru interactions btwn indiv ppl. it explains how, as members of society, those ppl use and understand the symbols of the society they live in.

Question 21

brocas area

Answer 21

brocas is one of the main areas of the cerebral cortex resp for speech production, facial neuron control n lang processing. its in the frontal lobe of the dom (usually left) hem.

Question 22

wernickes area

Answer 22

wernickes is involved in the understanding of written and spoken lang. its resp for speech comprehension and is in the left temporal lobe

Question 23

self awareness

Answer 23

self awareness is the ability to recognize oneself as a person sep from the env and other ppl

Question 24

ambient stressors

Answer 24

ambient stressors are chronic env stressors that cant b changed or are percieved as unchangeable by efforts of person subject to them. things like the econ and climate change wld b ex of ambient stresors.

Question 25

crisis

Answer 25

crisis is a sudden rare orrucrence like a natural disaster or war that causes a person a great deal of stress

Question 26

learned helplessness

Answer 26

demonstrated when someone experiences an unpleasant situation but finds themselves unable to escape or avoid the situation. they learn they cant fix it and simply endure it even if changing behavior would allow them to escape. the person cld change their behavior and potentially lose weight but they’ve learned to simply endure being overweight

Question 27

mesolimbic pathway

Answer 27

mesolimbic, or reward pathway, is a pathway in the brain connecting the midbrain to the forebrain. it releases dopamine in resp to rewarding stimuli thus reinforcing behaviors that are percieved as pleasurable

Question 28

wernickes

Answer 28

wernickes is involved in the understanding of written and spoken lang. its resp for speech comprehension and is in the left temporal lobe

Question 29

deindividuation

Answer 29

deindividuation is a phenomenon where u lose self awareness in groups, just behaving differently doesnt constitue this.

Question 30

groupthink

Answer 30

groupthink happens when the desire for harmony or conformity within a group results in irrational or dysfunctional decision making

Question 31

adrenal glands release

Answer 31

epinephrine

Question 32

aversive conditioning

Answer 32

aversive cond is a behavioral cond technique where noxious stim are assoc w undesirable or unwanted behaviors.

Question 33

habituation

Answer 33

decreased resp to a stimulus after a prolonged exposure

Question 34

social cues

Answer 34

vocal or nonvocal suggestion that can be positive. these cues guide convos and other social interactions. exs incl facial expression, tone of voice and body language