Revision Sheet Questions Flashcards
What two schools of thought dominated psychology in its early years
Structuralism and functionalism
What is the humanistic perspective
Focuses on helping people achieve their highest potential
If one’s corpus collosum gets severed, information from the left visual field
Can only reach the right cerebral hemisphere
An individual who has difficulty with memory most likely has damage to
Their temporal lobes (hippocampus)
Toby designs a study in which 15 people listen to relaxing music while studying for 30 mins and 15 people study in a quiet room for 30 mins. What is the independent variable?
What the individuals heard/listened to while studying
Dr Smith wants to conduct an experiment to determine whether students who sit towards the front of the tutorial room get better exam marks than those who sit at the back. She records where students sit and finds that those who sit in the front half of the tutorial room get better exam marks. What problems do you see in Dr Morris’ study?
a. It is not a genuine experiment
b. The results may be confounded by students’ motivations for their seating position
In classical conditioning the important relationship occurs:
between the unconditional stimulus (US) and the conditioned stimulus (CS)
Jenny’s parents are remove one of her existing chores if she spends more time studying each night. What type of conditioning is this?
Operant, negative reinforcement
The best explanation as to why people think plane crashes are more common than they actually are is that people tend to use:
the representativeness heuristic
After anthony bought his new Honda car, he came across a subaru that had all the features he wanted and cost less. Anthony began to collect all the information he could find on the value of buying a honda. Anthony’s behaviour was motivated by
Cognitive dissonance
The idea of context-dependence in personality suggests that
Regardless of a persons traits, individual behaviour may vary depending on context
Five-factor model of personality
OCEAN
Almost all of Terry’s classmates describe him as being selfish, disruptive, and not fun to be with. Terry’s popularity in class is most likely
Rejected
Archie has never seen a tiger before - but when he sees one says “wow cat bruh” as he had already previously formed a mental schema for cats. Piaget would say that his reaction best demonstrates the concept of
Assimilation
Lazarus identifies three kinds of stress, they are
Harm or loss, threat and challenge
