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Wundt+ Scientific Approach
Where does psychology have roots,
What was psychology once known as,
In 1873 what happened
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Behaviourist Approach
Intro when did the behaviourist a...,
Intro why did the behaviourist ap...,
Intro what did the behaviorist ap...
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Psychodynamic Approach
Descrive the psychodynamic approach,
Who put forward the approach,
Assumptions what is the psychodyn...
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Social Learning Theory
What did bandura propose the slt as,
Continued what did bandura argue ...,
What are the two assumptions of t...
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Biological Approach
What is the main assumption of th...,
Asmptn what does the biological a...,
Asmptn what does the biological a...
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Cognitive Approach
When was cognitive approach devel...,
Assumption what is the cognitive ...,
Assumption what does the cognitiv...
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Humanistic Approach
Context when did this originate,
Context why did it come out,
Context who were the three main p...
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Biopsychology - The Nervous System
What is the nervous system,
What is the ns based on how does ...,
State the two main functions of t...
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ATTACHMENT: Caregiver-infant interactions in humans: reciprocity and interactional synchrony
From the start babies have,
What do psychologists think about...,
What are good quality early socia...
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ATTACHMENT :Bowlby's Theory
What did bowlby reject,
Why did bowlby reject the learnin...,
What did bowlby look to lorenz an...
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Romanian Orphan Studies Institutionalism
Why has research for maternal dep...,
Opportunity to look at effects of...,
The former romanian president req...
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ATTACHMENT : Learning theory DOLLARD X MILLER
Why is the learning theory aka cu...,
What is the learning theory put s...,
What is classical conditioning le...
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ATTACHMENT : LORENZ ANIMAL STUDIES
What was lorenz s procedure,
Of those that hatched in teh incu...,
Findings
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ATTACHMENT : Types Of Attachment
Strange situatio developped by,
Aim of teh strange situation,
What type of observation is teh s...
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ATTACHMENT : Stages Of Attachment
What did schaffer and emerson study,
Studying attachment behaviours le...,
How many stages of attachment are...
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ATTACHMENT : Role of the Father
Most attachment research focuses on,
The role of the father in the dev...,
However there is research on
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ATTACHMENT : Bowlby's monotropic theory
Theory of maternal deprivation,
Bowlby famously said,
Being seperated from early childh...
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ATTACHMENT: Influence of early attachment on later relationships
Internal working model suggests a...,
Iwm acts as a template for,
Quality of a babies first attchme...
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Research Methods :Experimental Method
Theories are based on,
Where may we get our understandin...,
Aims are developed from
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Research Methods : Research Issues : EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES!
What are the three types of resea...,
What is the key to any experiment,
What is the only thing that shoul...
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Research Methods : Experimental Designs
Experimetnal design,
Independent group design,
In independednt group if two leve...
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Research Methods : Types Of Experiments
State the 4 types,
What is a lab experiment,
What is key point about lab exper...
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Research Methods : Sampling
Population,
Why is population aka target popu...,
Why is it impossible to include a...
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Research Methods : Observational Techniques
What do obsv provide psychologist...,
Researchers can stuyd in a natura...,
Observation often used within an ...
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Research Methods : Observational Design
To produce structured mehtod of w...,
Behavioural category,
How can tb of affection be broken...
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Research Methods : Self Report Techniques
What are the self report techniques,
Questionnaire,
Questionnaires used to assess
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Rsearch Methods: Self Report Design
Closed q can be divided into diff...,
Likert scale,
In a likert scale what does the s...
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Research Methods : Correlations
Correlation,
Correlations plotted on,
What is a co variable
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Research Methods : Types of Data
How qualitative data expressed,
Qualitative data,
Qualitative data eg
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Research Methods :Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
What are measures of central tend...,
Mean is the most,
Why is the mean most sensitive an...
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Research Methods : Presentation of Quantitative Data
When tables appear in results sec...,
Data can be represented visually ...,
Bar charts used when
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ATTACHMENT: Cultural Variations In Attachment
Who are the key researchers,
What did izjendoorn and kroobergy...,
Why did i k conduct study to look...
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MEMORY: Research into Coding
How is info stored in memeory,
Info is stored in memeory in diff...,
Define coding
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MEMORY: Research into Capacity
State the 2 types of research int...,
Who founded digit span,
Explain didigt span test
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MEMORY: Research into Duration
Researchers of stm,
Who did p2 test,
Each trial was
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MEMORY: Multi Store Model of Memory
Multi store model describes how,
The multi store model suggests me...,
What passes into the sensory regi...
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MEMORY: Long Term Memory
What did tulving realise 1,
Why was tulving important,
What lt memory stores did tulving...
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MEMORY: The Working Model of Memory
Who made the wmm,
What is wmm,
Wmm concerned with
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MEMORY: Interference Theory
What is interference,
Interference is mainly proposed a...,
Why is interference mainly propos...
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MEMORY: Retrieval Failure due to Absence Cues
Why do people forget infor,
When info intially placed in memo...,
If cues not available at the time...
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MEMORY: Factors Affecting Accuracy Eyewitness Testimony: Misleading Information
When asked a question what may mi...,
Define ewt,
What factors affect ewt
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MEMORY: FATAOET : Anxiety
What effects does anxiety have,
Research supports the possibiliti...,
What does anxiety does anxiety cr...
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MEMORY: Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony : Cognitive Interview
What did fisher and geiselman argue,
F g argued such better techniques...,
What is the cognitive interview
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Research Methods: Research Issues: Confounding Variables
What is a confounding variable,
Prince william arrived before the...,
When we have a confounding variab...
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Research Methods: Research Issues : Demand Characteristics
Partipants are described as not w...,
Participants are not passive in t...,
Participant reactivity is conside...
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Research Methods : Research Issues : Investigator Affect
True or false particpant reactivi...,
In our energy drink study whilst ...,
Given we re expecting the energy ...
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Conformity
How many types of conformity are ...,
What are the three types of confo...,
What is compliance
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Psychopathology - defintions of abnormality 1
Statsitics are about,
When does statistical infrequrenc...,
According to statistical definiti...
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Psychopathology - definitions of abnormality 2
When does failure to function ade...,
Personmay cross line betwen norma...,
When might we consider that someo...
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Psychopathology - phobias
Phobias are charcateised by,
In phobias describe the extent of...,
Bcop how do we reposd to things o...
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Psychopathology - depression
All forms of depression and depre...,
Behavioural characteristics of de...,
What are the three behavioural ch...
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Psychopathology - OCD
Dsm system recognises ocd and a r...,
How many categories of ocd are there,
State the 4 categories of ocd
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Psychopathology - Behavioural Approach to Explaining Phobias
The behavioural approach emphasis...,
The behavioural approach focuses on,
What are the 3 key behavioural as...
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Psychopathology - behavioural approach to treating behaviours
What are teh 2 behavioural approa...,
What is systemic desensitisation,
Sd if person can learn to relax i...
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Psychopathology - cognitive approach to explaining depression
What did beck do,
What did beck says creates vuenra...,
What are the three parts to cogni...
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Psychopathology - cognitive approach to treating depression
What is cbt,
Cbt is an example of a cog approa...,
Cognitive element what doescbt bg...
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Psychopathology - biological approach to EXPLAINING OCD
What are the 2 forms of explanaitons,
Genes are involved in indiviudal ...,
What are gentic explantion so foc...
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BIOPSYCHOLOGY - Divisions of the Nervous System
What is the nervous system,
What are the two main functions o...,
What is the nervous system divide...
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BIOPSYCHOLOGY - Endocrine System
What is the endocrine sytem,
How does es operate,
What does the es wwork with and t...
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Localisation of function in the brain
In the 19th century what did broc...,
Before broca and wernicke investi...,
What is the holistic theory of th...
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Hempispheric Lateralisation and Split Brain Research
Localisation of brain areas refer...,
For some fucntions localised area...,
In the case of vision teh visual ...
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Plasticity and Funcitonal Recovery of the Brain after Trauma
Why can brain be considered plastic,
During infancy what does the brai...,
What is the peak of synaptic conn...
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Ways of Studying the Brain
Techniques of investigating brian...,
What is the purpose of scanning i...,
Fmri stands for
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Bio Rhythms - Circadian Rhythm
All livng organisms are subject to,
Biological rhythms extert an impo...,
Biological rhythms are governed by
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Bio Rhythms Infradian and Ultradian Rhythms
Example of infradian rhythm,
Menstrual cycle governed by,
What does the cycle refer to
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Endogenous Pacemakers and Exogenous Zeitgebers
Whta is an endogenous pacemaker,
What is an exogenous zeitgeber,
Tell me 3 important thing about s...
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Conformity #
What did asch devise,
What is the procedure asch devise...,
Why is the baseline study called ...
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conformity Types and Explanaitons
Who suggested theres 3 ways peopl...,
What are the three types of confo...,
What is internalisation
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Conformity to Social Roles
What did zimbardo do in the 1970s,
There had bneen many prison riots...,
In the stanford prison experimetn...
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Obedience : Situational Variable s
What did milgram do after conduct...,
What were the situatinoal arbales,
In the baseline study the teacher...
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Obedience :Situational Explanations
What are teh two situational expl...,
What was milgram interst in obedi...,
Eichmann had been in charge of
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Obedience :Dispositioanl Explanation
Thoedor adorno and colleagues wan...,
Copmare adorno research to milgram,
Adorno beloieved high level of ob...
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Obedience :Resistance to social influence
Pressure to conform can be resist...,
Simply the fact someone not follo...,
Social support enables naive pt to
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Minority Influence
Minortiy infleunce refers to,
Minortiy infleunce is distinct from,
Why is minority infleunce differe...
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Social Infleunces and Social Change
What are the 6 steps in minortiy ...,
Xplan how drawing attention throu...,
How was consistency displayed
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Psychopathology - BIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO TREATING OCD
This is all about,
Drug therapy for mental disorders...,
Low levels of serotinin are asoso...
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Psychopathology
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Psychopathology
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RESEARCH METHODS : pilot studies x single /double blind x control groups and conditions
Pilot study,
What does pilot study involve and...,
Pilot studies not just restricted to
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SOCIAL INFLUENCE - OBEDIENCE
What did miligram design,
Obedience,
Discuss procedure of test
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RESEARCH METHODS : RESEARCH ISSUES : RANDOMISATION
In any investigation ther are sma...,
What is randomisation,
Randomisation inshort is an attem...
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RESEARCH METHODS : RESEARCH ISSUES : STANDARDISATION
As far as possible in n investiga...,
To amke sure pt experiece same en...,
All procedures should be standard...
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RESEARCH METHODS : ETHICS
When do they arise in psych,
Conflict has implications for,
Pt may not want to reval true pur...
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RESEARCH EMTHODS : SECTIONS OF A SCOENTIFIC REPORT
How many sections of a scientific...,
State the 6 sections of a scienti...,
What si abstarct
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RESEARCH METHODS : CHOOSING AND CONSTRUCTING A GRAPH
When do we use a bar chart,
Discrete data is data that is,
What 5 things to remember when co...
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biopsycvhology - structure and functions of a neuron
How msny neurons are there in the...,
There are a 100 billion neurons i...,
Neurons transmit signals
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biopsychology - synaptic transmission
What is syaptic trasnmission,
How do neurons communcicate with ...,
Eahc neurons seperated fromthe ne...
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