BTEC Applied psychology Unit 1. Exam revision And Complete Answers.

A binary construct you are either female XX chromosome or male XY chromosome. - AnswerSex A label, examples female and male that are often culturally defined rather than biologically defined. - AnswerGender Not having a fixed gender. - AnswerGender fluid Possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men. - AnswerMasculinity Behaving in ways considered typical for women. - AnswerFemininity Identification with a gender that does not match one's biological gender. - AnswerTransgender Gender - a term that means either male or female - AnswerBinary A term that suggests that gender cannot be split up into two distinct categories - AnswerNon-binary gender Types of gender that are socially the norm ie male and female - AnswerTypical gender forms Types of gender that not socially the norm ie metrosexual - AnswerAtypical gender forms A condition where a person feels discomfort with the gender assigned to them at birth - AnswerGender Dysphoria What term means a physical or psychological characteristic that enhances an individuals survival and reproduction, and is thus likely to be naturally selected for, and passed down in the genes? - AnswerAdaptive Which key researcher into conformity - undertook a lines experiment, which can explain NSI and ISI? - AnswerAsch Which key theorist evidences Social Learning theory - BOBO doll.? - AnswerBandura Which approach emphasises the important of physical processes in the body such as genetic inheritance and neural functions? - AnswerBiological approach What term means learning by association, and occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together - an unconditioned ( unlearned) stimulus (UCS) and a new neural stimuli ( NS). Pavlov? - AnswerClassical Conditioning Which approach focuses on how our mental processes ( thoughts, perception, attention) affect behaviour? - AnswerCognitive approach What term means a superficial or temporary type of conformity where we outwardly go along with the majority view, but privately disagree with it? - AnswerCompliance What is the general term for the process by which species change to adapt to their environment? - AnswerEvolution What is the general term to describe how people remember details of events, such as accidents and crimes? - AnswerEyewitness Testimony Which term means in relation to research findings, the extent to which findings can be applied to the population? - AnswerGeneralisation What term means the particular set of genes that a person possesses? - AnswerGenotype