Biological psychology

process of synaptic transmission -3

an electrical impulse travels along the pre-synaptic neuron

the impulse reaches the synaptic vesicles to release a neurotransmitter

theses diffuse across the synaptic gap and attach receptors

clown classical conditoning

ucs - pop og balloon

ucr- fear

neautral s - clown

assosiates clown with fear due to multiple occasions

results in clown becoming cs and fear being the cr

how recreational drugs change the way neurotransmitters operate - 2

recreational drugs works by increasing or decreasing neurotransmitters at the synaptic gap

semantic memory

the ltm for factual information

authoritarian prejudice

someone who scored higher on the f scale more likely to have us vs them mentality

Adorno et al found that found that those with authoritarian personality more likely to be hostile to out group members and consider them inferior

how to stratified sampling

determine the strata for population demographic across location

select participants that meet each strata such as proportions for gender

Why is the Wilcoxon Test Used?

You're testing for a difference between two sets of scores

The data comes from a repeated measures or matched pairs design

The data is ordinal

Why is the Mann-Whitney U Test Used?

You're testing for a difference between two groups

The groups are independent (different participants in each group)

The data is ordinal

When is the Chi-Squared Test Used?

You are testing for a difference or association

in nominal data

When is Spearman’s Rank Used?

You are testing for a correlation

You have ordinal