Unit 1

Question 1

What does the ONS stand for

Answer 1

Office for National Statistics

Question 2

What is the ONS

Answer 2

Government body that compiles statistics of a population and their behaviour

Question 3

What is hostile aggression

Answer 3

Aggression that is motivated by anger and often reactive

Question 4

What is instrumental aggression

Answer 4

Motivated by something other than hostility

Question 5

What is violent aggression

Answer 5

Using physical force to cause injury to others

E.g punching or kicking

Question 6

What is verbal aggression

Answer 6

Involves using words to psychologically damage someone

Question 7

What is behavioural economics

Answer 7

The study of psychology as it relates to an economic decision

Question 8

What is a consumer

Answer 8

A person who purchases goods and services

Question 9

What is economics

Answer 9

The branch of knowledge concieved with the production, consumption and transfer of wealth

Question 10

What is gender

Answer 10

The psychological feeling of masculinity or femininity

Question 11

What is masculinity

Answer 11

Psychological characteristics associated with being male

Question 12

What is femininity

Answer 12

The psychological characteristics of a female

Question 13

What is typical gender

Answer 13

Gender identity that reflects a person’s biological sex

Question 14

What is atypical gender

Answer 14

Gender identity that doesn’t reflect a persons biological sex

Question 15

What is binary

Answer 15

A forced choice between one or the other

E. g male or female

Question 16

What is non- binary

Answer 16

View that there are multiple possible outcomes rather than the fixed 2

Question 17

What is gender fluid

Answer 17

Taking the view that gender isnt fixed throughout life but can change

Question 18

What is gender dysphoria

Answer 18

A condition where the person feels that their gender and biological sex do not match

Question 19

What is Transgender

Answer 19

Moving from one gender identity to another

Question 20

What is androgeny

Answer 20

Gender identity that has characteristics associated with masculinity and femininity

Question 21

What is scientific

Answer 21

Using the systematic approach associated with science to explain things

Question 22

What is nature

Answer 22

The relative contribution of our biological makeup on our behaviour (before birth)

Question 23

What is nurture

Answer 23

The relative contribution of our environment on our behaviour

Question 24

What is conditioning

Answer 24

A theory that a response to an object or event can be changed by learning

Question 25

What is classical conditioning

Answer 25

Learning by association

Question 26

Who did a study on classical conditioning

Answer 26

Pavlov

Question 27

Before conditioning

Answer 27

UCS - - > UCR NS - - > No response

Question 28

During conditioning

Answer 28

UCS + NS - - > UCR

Question 29

After conditioning

Answer 29

CS - - > CR

Question 30

What is the conditioning phase

Answer 30

The period during conditioning where the neutral stimulus is presented alongside the unconditional stimulus in order to acquire its power

Question 31

What is the neutral stimulus

Answer 31

An object or event that has initially no power to cause behaviour

Question 32

What is a reflex

Answer 32

An innate (inborn) physical response to specific stimuli

Question 33

What is an unconditioned stimulus

Answer 33

An object or event that naturally has the power to produce a reflex response

Question 34

What is an unconditioned response

Answer 34

A naturally occurring reaction to a specific stimulus

Question 35

What is a conditioned stimulus

Answer 35

An object or event that has acquired the power to cause a specific response through association

Question 36

What is a conditioned response

Answer 36

A learned response to a specific stimulus

Question 37

What is operant conditioning

Answer 37

Learning through consequences and reinforcement