Psych

Everything about Pschy up to T1 W4

6 Ethical Principles

Informed consent, voluntary participation, protection from harm, privacy, withdrawal and debriefing.

Independant variable

What we change - e.g adding music while memorising words

Dependant variable

What we measure - the difference in amount of words memorised between a controlled group and one that had music.

Confounding variables

External, uncontrolled variables that can alter the reasoning of experiment

Extraneous variable

Internal- usually affects 1 person (individual differences) that affect the result

Repeated Measures

All participants complete task in all conditions

Independant groups

Participants only do task under 1 condition

Mental processes

In your head

Behaviour is defined by?

Actions - riding a bike

Epidsodic memories

Explicit memory that’s tied to a time or place

Semantic memory

Facts

Encoding:

Process of auditory, visual and chemical info is transferred into long term memory

Types of encoding

Elaborative rehearsal and Maintenance rehearsal

Elaborative rehearsal

Connecting emotions and narratives to stimuli e.g making a story NESW

Maintenance rehearsal

Constant literal repetition to increase long term memory

Chunking

Splitting up data and terms into sections

Lobes

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital

Frontal Lobe

responsible for personality

Temporal

Hearing, speech

Occipital

Vision

Parietal

Bodily sensations

What is cerebellum responsible for

balance

Right brain purposes

Creativity, music, spatial awareness

Left Brain

speech, logic, language

Limbic system parts

Amygdala, Hippocampus, Thalamus

Amygdala

Processes fear

Hippocampus

Memory

Thalamus

Senses relayed through it with exception of smell

Neurotransmitters

chemicals that relay themselves to neurons

Examples of neurotransmitters

Dopamine, serotonin and GABA

Dopamine

Pleasure

Serotonin

Controls mood

GABA

calms down body

Types of long term memory

Explicit and Implicit

Examples of Implicit (non-declarative)

Procedural and Emotional conditioning

Procedural memory

Memory for the actions/skills you can DO

Emotional conditioning def

Memory Based on feelings

Forgetting curve

The rate at which people forget info if not reviewed

How much do people forget info after an hour if not reviewed