psychology exam 2

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Research Methods
What is an independent variable,
What is a dependent variable,
What is an extraneous variable
16  cards
Biopsych: The Nervous System
What does the nervous system do,
What are the 2 main divisions of ...,
What are the 2 components of the pns
8  cards
Biopsych: The Endocrine System
What is the endocrine system,
How does it control behaviour,
What is the glands
10  cards
Biopsych: Neurons
What is the structure of a neuron,
What is a synapse,
What is a myelin sheath
14  cards
Biopsych: Synpatic Transmission
What are neurotransmitters,
What are synapses,
How do chemical impulses pass fro...
8  cards
Biopsych: Localisation Of Brain
What is the localisation of funct...,
What are hemispheres in the brain,
What is the visual cortex
14  cards
Biopsych: Brain Plasticity
What is brain plasticity,
What happens to our synaptic conn...,
What did maguire find about brain...
16  cards
Biopsych: Hemispheric Lateralisation
What is lateralisation,
What was sperry and gazzanigas sp...,
What s an example of a sperry and...
8  cards
Biopsych: Ways Of Studying The Brain
What is a functional magnetic res...,
What are some strengths of fmri,
What are some weaknesses to the fmri
12  cards
Biopsych: Biological Rhythms
What are biological rhythms,
How are these rhythms controlled,
What are circadian rhythms
29  cards
Biopsych: EPs And EZs
What s the main ep,
What s the main ezs,
What does siffres study show abou...
15  cards
Approaches: Origins Of Psychology
What year did wilhelm wundt open ...,
What was wundts approach,
What was introspection
10  cards
Approaches: Psychodynamic Approach
What are the 3 assumptions of thi...,
How did sigmund freud use the met...,
What is the importance of the unc...
32  cards
Approaches: The Behaviourist Approach
What does the behaviourist approa...,
Why did early behaviourists like ...,
Who researched classical conditio...
18  cards
Approaches: The Humanistic Approach
What is free will in this approach,
What is maslows hierarchy of needs,
What is self actualisation
10  cards
Approaches: The Cognitive Approach
What are the assumptions of the c...,
What is the study of internal men...,
Whats an example of an inference
11  cards
Approaches: Social Learning Theory
What s the key assumption of soci...,
What is vicarious reinforcement,
Why is identification important
9  cards
Approaches: The Biological Approach
What are the assumptions of the b...,
What is the genetic basis for beh...,
How are twin studies used to show...
8  cards
Approaches: Cognitive Neuroscience
What is the emergence of cognitiv...,
What s an example of a cognitive ...,
What s some evaluation of the eme...
3  cards
Comparison Of Approaches
What are the issues and debates f...,
What are the issues and debates o...,
What are the issues and debates f...
8  cards
Hard Reserach Methods
0  cards

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