psychology exam 1

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Introduction to psychology Chapter 1 (Background to Psychology
Psychology is the science of ____...,
What is behaviour,
What is the mind
9  cards
Introduction to psychology chapter 2 (Methods of Psychology)
What are the main steps for makin...,
What three things did clever hans...,
Explain the three types of resear...
14  cards
Introduction to psychology Chapter 3 (Genetics and Evolution)
What is the advantage of unfaithf...,
What are the 4 forms of mating sy...,
How is the rate of evolution affe...
24  cards
Introduction to Psychology Chapter 4 (Neural Control of Behaviour)
Who was the first to see the real...,
What s the central nervous system...,
What are the extensions from the ...
40  cards
Introduction To Psychology Chapter 5 (Motivation and Emotion)
Define motivation,
Explain what a drive is,
What s a incentive
32  cards
Introduction to psychology Chapter 7 (Psychology of Vision)
Explain how vision develops after...,
What are experience expectant pro...,
What are feature detectors and wh...
18  cards
Introduction to psychology Chapter 8 (Basic Learning)
Definition of learning,
What is the use of learning,
What is a reflex and name examples
28  cards
Introduction to Psychology Chapter 9 (Memory, Attention and Consciousness)
What parts of the brain give you ...,
What happens when you have amnesi...,
What are the 5 human skills that ...
19  cards
Research Methods Chapter 1 (What is Science I)
What does it mean that psychologi...,
What makes a good research producer,
Explain the empirical cycle with ...
10  cards
Research Methods Chapter 2 (What is Science II)
Why can you not base evidence on ...,
What does it mean that research i...,
What are the five big biases and ...
7  cards
Research Methods Chapter 5 (Measurement in Psychology)
In psychology what is a construct,
What is operationalization,
What are the 3 types of opertiona...
8  cards
Statistics Chapter 1 (and a bit of 2) (Displaying Data)
What is data,
Definition of statistics,
What are the 3 components of stat...
17  cards
Statistics Chapter 3 (and a bit of 2) (Variability and Association)
Learn about associations and variablilty
20  cards
Statistics Chapter 5 (Probability I)
What is probability,
What are random phenomena,
Why is probability measured in th...
14  cards

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