Year 11 Psychology Semester 1 Exam Flashcards

This JSON contains flashcards based on the Year 11 Psychology Semester 1 Exam Notification Sheet, covering key concepts from Units 1 and 2. The flashcards are designed in a vocabulary style, focusing on defining terms and concepts related to key science skills, developmental psychology, typical and atypical psychological development, the role of the brain in mental processes and behaviour, and brain plasticity and brain injury.

Learning intentions of key science skills

Aims and questions, formulate hypotheses and make predictions

Content covered in Unit 1-4 Key Science Skills

Investigation aims, questions, hypotheses and variables

Investigation methodologies

Case study, classification and identification, controlled experiment, correlational study, fieldwork, literature review, modelling, product, process or system development, and simulation.

Different investigation designs in a controlled experiment

within subjects, between subjects and mixed designs

General ethical principles to be followed in psychological investigations

Integrity, justice, beneficence, non-maleficence and respect

Additional ethical guidelines to be followed in psychological investigations

Confidentiality, voluntary participation, informed consent procedures, withdrawal rights, use of deception and debriefing

Safe laboratory practices

Areas of risk and using risk assessments that are informed by safety data sheets when planning and conducting investigations

Processing and analysing data

Systematically generate and record primary data, and collate secondary data for an investigation

Hereditary and environmental factors

The interactive influences of hereditary and environmental factors on a person’s psychological development

The biopsychosocial approach

A model for considering psychological development and mental wellbeing

The process of psychological development

Emotional, cognitive and social development

The role of sensitive and critical periods in a person’s psychological development

Sensitive and critical periods in psychological development

Psychological criteria to categorise behaviour as typical or atypical

Cultural perspectives, social norms, statistical rarity, personal distress and maladaptive behaviour

The concepts of normality and neurotypicality

Consideration of emotions, behaviours and cognitions that may be viewed as adaptive or maladaptive for an individual

Normal variations of brain development within society

Neurodiversity

The role of mental health workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and organizations

Psychologists, psychiatrists and organisations in supporting psychological development and mental wellbeing

Understanding the role of the brain

Different approaches over time in understanding the role of the brain in behaviour and mental processes

The roles of the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain

The hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain, including the cerebral cortex, in behaviour and mental processes

Neuroplasticity

Factors influencing neuroplasticity and ways to maintain and/or maximize brain functioning

Acquired brain injuries (ABI)

Impact on a person’s biological, psychological and social functioning

Contemporary research into neurological disorders

Contribution to the understanding of neurological disorders

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

Emerging research into progressive and fatal brain disease