Questions Corrections 2022 Flashcards
(10 cards)
What are two functions of the medulla
Controls involuntary responses
Involved in sending sign,as from the brain to the rest of the body via the spinal cord
Strength of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget found supporting evidence from Three mountains task as his study showed children could not see from others perspectives until 7 years
Two symptoms of unipolar depression
Low mood
Low motivation
Describe one way that mental health problems affect society
Mental health problems cost society a lot of money due to cost of treatments, for example the Kings Fund stated the treatment cost of depression in the UK was 1.68 billion and is expected to rise to 2 billion by 2026
Finding so Caspi et al
Caspi et al showed that those with the short version of the 5-hTT gene and more stressful life experiences suffered more from depression that those without the gene
Two processes that occur in synaptic functioning
The neurotransmitters are released into the synaptic gap
The neurotransmitters will bind to the receptor like a lock and key
Research evidence for sex differences in lateralisation
Rilea et al found differences in lateralisation and also sex differences in performance on some spatial ability tasks(men are better at spatial tasks)
What is society
A collection of individuals who share the same location and social norms
2 findings of Milgram
Milgram found that male and female obedience to authority for administration of electric shocks was 65% to 450V for both sexes
Likely to be Milgram found that obedience to authority by administrating electric shocks fell to 22.5% to 450V when authorities was not in the same room giving orders
What do people with an internal locus of control believe
They have greater control over their own behaviour so conform to majority influence less
