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PSYCHOLOGY 1000 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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What is the Hawthorne


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When the participants show a change in behaviour due to the fact that they
are being observed




Organic Ions (A-)

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are stuck inside the cell




What does the medulla control and what region of the brain is it in?


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- controls automatic functions like breathing blood circulation, relaxes

- Located in the hindbrain




Perception


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- Organizing and giving meaning to input

- The same sensory stimulus may be perceived differently in different
contexts


- The same stimulus may be perceived differently with different
experiences

- our interpretation of sensory input is not just dependent on the sensory
input itself.




Advantages of a Naturalistic observation approach


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, behaviour is studied under natural conditions




What are the disadvantages of a case study approach


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results may not generalize to the rest of the population




What is Correlational research?


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researcher just measures two or more variables and uses statistics to see if
they are related




Nature and Nurture relationships


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the inquiry how heredity (nature) and how environment (nurture) influence
behaviour and mental processes




Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP):


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, If a negative ion channel opens and negative ions are forced into the cell, it
will hyper polarize and it will be harder to reach threshold of an action
potential. Can also occur if potassium channels open and K+ is forced
outside the cell.




How does the inner ear turn sound frequency into neural frequency?


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- Short wavelength = higher frequency (bluish colours, high pitched
sounds)

- Long wavelength = low frequency (reddish colour, low pitched sounds)




Advantages to Correlational research


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Useful for studying topics that can't be studied using experimental
procedures




Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential (EPSP)


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