Psychology Paper 2

Psychology Paper 2 1&2 - correct answersA&C Brain Structure - correct answersCDEB defense mechanisms - correct answersunconscious strategies the mind uses to protect itself from anxiety by distorting reality in some way so we can cope with the situation ex rep,den,disp ERP and fMRI - correct answersSim- both brain scans that measure brain activity triggered by event or stimuli Diff- fMRI blood flow, whereas ERP detect small voltage changes Operant Conditioning AO1 - correct answers- Learn via rein/punishment - Skinner "desirable occur" - Rat, food (rein), extinction - PR desirable consq - NR remove undersiable consq - Punish undesirable consq Operant Conditioning AO3 - correct answers• Animals, control+indv diffs dem char, ungen+ethical issues, nomothetic, lim contr human beh • exp meth, causal relationship, Skinner box manip beh consq (IV) to see rat beh (DV) causal rel exists Psychodynamic strength & weakness - correct answers+ pioneering, psychoanalysis, psych tech, Maat et al symptoms, therapy - gender bias, androcentric, alpha bias Split Brain AO1 - correct answers• Sperry & Gazzaniga dot, images left&right visual field • Respond left/right hand or verbally • Right field say (left hem language), left see nothing, draw clearer pic (left motor tasks) Split Brain AO3 - correct answers- Rarely carried out, 1-3 p's, indv disorder/less sectioning, idiographic thus conclusions only representative of those with disorder, sample too small be useful - Lang not restricted left hem, JW speak out of right, challenges lang mainly left hem Synaptic Transmission - correct answers•Info down axon as elec imp •Act pot reaches axon terminal needs to pass syn gap •End neutron syn vesicles containing NTs, imp causes NTs releas