Explain why men and women value different traits in a mate
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Men are interested in partner novelty, fertility, and socially and material
ambitious partner. Men want younger partners because they are more
fertile
Women are looking for partners emotional commitment, health and
resources of the partner, and generosity towards herself and her offspring.
Women look for men who are older because they are more stable
Contrast the functions of dorsal and ventral streams of cortical processing
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Ventral: "what" stream (perceive colour motion and form) info from primary
cortex to lower temporal lobe
, Dorsal: "Where and how" stream (location and execution of action with
object) info from primary cortex to parietal lobe
Describe how perception of a visual object differs from the raw retinal image
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Raw retinal image is 2d and has to pass through several layers for the eye
before getting to the rods and cones which alters the image
There is a blindspot on the retina where the axons form the optic nerve
therefore no image detection
We perceive a 3d object based on our own experience and mental
construction
The edges of the object created from lateral inhibition are actually no
brighter or darker then the rest of the image
Differentiate genotype and phenotype.
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Genotype: the actual genes
Phenotype: the expression of the genes
Define the three general steps of processing (for memory)
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, Encoding: Process of transforming thoughts and perceptions into memory
Storage: The process of maintaining memory over time
Retrieval: The process pf bringing previously encoded and stored info to
mind
Distinguish among disorders of consciousness and how brain imaging can help
differentiate these
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Coma: A state of extreme unresponsiveness, no voluntary responsiveness,
no sleep or wake cycles
Vegetative: No awareness of self, no response to external stimuli but does
show sleep/wake cycles
Minimally conscious state: some evidence of voluntary behaviour
Locked in Syndrome: Fully conscious but voluntary muscles are paralyzed
Brain death: Irreversible brain death
By studying the brain in a more sensitive way to assess awareness such as
functional MRIs can assess mental imagery tasks
Explain why correlation does not equal causation.
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Correlational study determines the nature of the relationship between two
variables where as causation determines cause and effect between two
variables. We can't know the direction of cause and effect in a correlational
study
Define empiricism and rationalism
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Rationalism: truth through logic and reason
Empiricism: knowledge through experience
Identify what questions psychologists ask
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why do you behave in a certain way
Rationalist: How do people choose to act?
Empiricist: Why do people act this way?
Functionalist: What are they for?
Understand how the three types of cone photopigments give rise to colour vision.
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Photopigments: complex molecules found in photoreceptors that generate
electrical signals in the photoreceptor when they are exposed to light -
when they are exposed to light they change their chemical structure
gradually becoming white - bleaching
Red cones: Most sensitive to long wavelengths
Green Cones: Most sensitive to medium wavelengths (530nm)
Blue Cones: Most sensitive to short wavelengths (420nm)
Red cones are most sensitive to wavelengths that do not correspond to red
but instead correspond to greeny yellow
Describe Just Noticeable Difference, difference thresholds, and absolute thresholds.
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Men are interested in partner novelty, fertility, and socially and material
ambitious partner. Men want younger partners because they are more
fertile
Women are looking for partners emotional commitment, health and
resources of the partner, and generosity towards herself and her offspring.
Women look for men who are older because they are more stable
Contrast the functions of dorsal and ventral streams of cortical processing
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Ventral: "what" stream (perceive colour motion and form) info from primary
cortex to lower temporal lobe
, Dorsal: "Where and how" stream (location and execution of action with
object) info from primary cortex to parietal lobe
Describe how perception of a visual object differs from the raw retinal image
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Raw retinal image is 2d and has to pass through several layers for the eye
before getting to the rods and cones which alters the image
There is a blindspot on the retina where the axons form the optic nerve
therefore no image detection
We perceive a 3d object based on our own experience and mental
construction
The edges of the object created from lateral inhibition are actually no
brighter or darker then the rest of the image
Differentiate genotype and phenotype.
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Genotype: the actual genes
Phenotype: the expression of the genes
Define the three general steps of processing (for memory)
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, Encoding: Process of transforming thoughts and perceptions into memory
Storage: The process of maintaining memory over time
Retrieval: The process pf bringing previously encoded and stored info to
mind
Distinguish among disorders of consciousness and how brain imaging can help
differentiate these
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Coma: A state of extreme unresponsiveness, no voluntary responsiveness,
no sleep or wake cycles
Vegetative: No awareness of self, no response to external stimuli but does
show sleep/wake cycles
Minimally conscious state: some evidence of voluntary behaviour
Locked in Syndrome: Fully conscious but voluntary muscles are paralyzed
Brain death: Irreversible brain death
By studying the brain in a more sensitive way to assess awareness such as
functional MRIs can assess mental imagery tasks
Explain why correlation does not equal causation.
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Correlational study determines the nature of the relationship between two
variables where as causation determines cause and effect between two
variables. We can't know the direction of cause and effect in a correlational
study
Define empiricism and rationalism
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Rationalism: truth through logic and reason
Empiricism: knowledge through experience
Identify what questions psychologists ask
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why do you behave in a certain way
Rationalist: How do people choose to act?
Empiricist: Why do people act this way?
Functionalist: What are they for?
Understand how the three types of cone photopigments give rise to colour vision.
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Photopigments: complex molecules found in photoreceptors that generate
electrical signals in the photoreceptor when they are exposed to light -
when they are exposed to light they change their chemical structure
gradually becoming white - bleaching
Red cones: Most sensitive to long wavelengths
Green Cones: Most sensitive to medium wavelengths (530nm)
Blue Cones: Most sensitive to short wavelengths (420nm)
Red cones are most sensitive to wavelengths that do not correspond to red
but instead correspond to greeny yellow
Describe Just Noticeable Difference, difference thresholds, and absolute thresholds.
