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Which of the following best describes maturationist theory? a. Children mature as they encounter developmental crises. b. Children are capable of learning by stepping into roles when playing games. c. Children are naturally predisposed to learning. d. Children develop from having simple thoughts to increasingly abstract thought as they age. - c. Children are naturally predisposed to learning. Which of the following theorists was associated with the concept of attachment? a. Watson b. Bo...

Localisation of function - Theory that states that different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities. Motor area - Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement. Somatosensory area - Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information such as touch. Parts of the brain: Visual area. - Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual information. Parts of the brain: Auditory area. - Temporal lobe, analyses speech-based information. ...

Approaches - Different ways of explaining psychological phenomena Wilhelm Wundt - -In 1873 Wilhelm Wundt published the first lab in Leipzig, Germany -He broke down behaviours into their basic elements, his approach became known as structuralism -He was the first one to say you could study the mind Introspection - Examining one's own mental activity and breaking down conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts and sensations. To inspect the human mind The Behaviourist Approach...

Sexual selection - Explains why seemingly disadvantageous characteristics are passed on Heredity - Process of passing genes onto offspring Anisogamy - Differences between male and female gametes Intra-sexual selection - Strategies used within sexes to attract mates Inter-sexual selection - Strategies used to attract the opposite sex Quality over quantity - Approach favored by females in mate selection Sexy sons hypothesis - Offspring of attractive males are likely to be attractive Quantit...

Key term: The Enlightenment - Intellectual movement that emerged in the mid-17th century that opposed the medieval politics and philosophy of faith, superstition and religion Key date: American Revolution (ended in creation of independent American Republic) - 1776 Key date: French Revolution - 1789 Key term: change to conserve - A believe that for something valuable to be preserved, it has to be continuously updated and maintained. Key term: Whigs - Early liberal politicians who were co...

Imitation - Copying behaviour of others Identification - When an observer associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like the role model. live models - e.g teaches, siblings, parents symbolic models - people in the media Modelling - From the observer's perspective, its imitating behaviour of the role model. From the role model's perspective, its the precise demonstration of a specific behaviour that may be imitated by the observer. Vicarious reinforcement - Not directly...

Factors making something a science - 1.Controlled, experimental conditions that can show cause and effect and can test hypotheses. 2.Highly standardised experiments that can be repeated in the same way - reliability Use of IVs and DVs. 3.The scientific method - objective, systematic and replicable. 4.The scientific cycle - objective, systematic and replicable observation. Building, refining or falsifying, development of a scientific theory, constant testing/refining and back to the theor...

Biological approach - biochemistry genetics neuroanatomy infection infection - Syphilis - STI, used to make people 'insane' Flu - pregnant women are more likely to have babies with schizophrenia if they contract it when pregnant Genetics - genes over environment: mental illness and behaviours are passed down Monozygotic Twins: If both get it it is genetic If they don't it is nurture. (Concordance rate is usually 50%) Neuroanatomy - Damaged brain could cause illness / behaviours...

factors of production - -land-natural resources e.g. fields -labour-all human resources except entrepreneur -capital-buildings, machinery and tools, but not money -enterprise-the entrepreneur that organises the other 3 factors value added calculation - value of output-value of input what is a constraint on a business - a restraining factor e.g. environment, competition, legislation and the economy functions within a business - -accounting and finance -operations management and productio...

What is marketing? - The Identification, Satisfaction and revisit of Customer Needs Importance of Marketing - Develop Brand awareness, Gain Market share and Engage Customer loyalty. Product Orientation - An inward-looking approach that focuses on making products that can be made - or have been made for a long time - and then trying to sell them Market Orientation - An outward-looking approach basing product decisions on consumer demand, as established by market research Asset-led marke...

Economies of scale - reduction in average costs as output increases e.g bulk-buying, marketing, financial, technology Diseconomies of scale - rising long-run average costs as a business expands e.g communication, organisation, motivation, morale Internal economies of scale - cost reductions by single business as it grows External economies of scale - cost reductions available to all businesses as industry grows Overtrading - growing too fast run out of cash Merger - when firms join toge...

Capital - The money provided by the owners in a business Capital expenditure - Spending on business resources that can be used repeatedly over a period of time Internal finance - Money generated by the business or its current owners Retained profit - Profit after tax that is 'ploughed back' into the business Revenue expenditure - Spending on business resources that have already been consumed or will be very shortly Sale and leaseback - The practice of selling assets, such as property ...

Privatisation - The action of selling business organisations owned and controlled by the state to investors in the private sector Nationalization - Occurs when privately owned business transfer ownership and control to the state Minimum Wages - Employers are forbidden to pay lower than the determined minimum wage per hour/week/month Monopoly - A market where only one supplier exist Collusion - An agreement between businesses which restricts competitions by fixing prices and sharing c...

When is a receipt not taxable - If the receipt is wholly unexpected and unsolicited What are the badges of trade? - Profit-seeking motive, frequency and number of similar transactions, modification of asset in order to make it more saleable, nature of the asset, connection with existing trade, financing arrangements, length of ownership, existence of a sales organisation, reason for the acquisition/sale Is amortisation an allowable expense? - No, amortisation is not an allowable expense ...

A manager wishes to determine the relationship between the number of miles (in hundreds of miles) the manager's sales representatives travel per month and the amount of sales (in thousands of dollars) per month. Calculate the correlation coefficient, r. - 0.632 Calculate the correlation coefficient, r, for the data below. 4/21 - -0.104 Calculate the correlation coefficient, r, for the data below. 4/-16 - 0.990 Calculate the correlation coefficient, r, for the data below. 4/20 - -0.995 G...

1. A researcher notes that the weight of a male Golden Retriever is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 70 lbs. and a standard deviation of 7.5 lbs. What % of these dogs weigh less than 65%? - 25% Based on the Normal model for yearly snowfall in cm in a certain town N(57,8), how many cm's of snow would represent the 80th percentile approximately? Round to the nearest tenth as needed. - 63.7 cm Adult female Dalmatians weight an average of 50 pounds with a standard deviati...

Business Statistics – 240 / 100% COORECT Answers A small independent organic food store offers a variety of specialty coffees. To determine whether price has an impact on sales, the managers kept track of how many pounds of each variety of coffee were sold last month. Based on the scatterplot shown below, which of the following statements is TRUE? - D : All of the above A supermarket chain gathers data on the amount they spend on promotional material (e.g., coupons, etc.) and sales...

A fast food restaurant just leased a new freezer and food fryer for three years. The service contract for the freezer offers unlimited repairs for a fee of $125 a year plus a $35 service charge for each repair needed. The restaurant's research indicates that during a given year 80% of these freezers need no repairs, 11% needed to be serviced once, 5% twice, 4% three times, and none required more than three repairs. The mean restaurant's annual expense with the service contract for th...

A sample of 33 companies was randomly selected and data collected on the average annual bonus, turnover rate (%), and trust index (measured on a scale of 0-100). According to the output is shown below, what is the estimated multiple regression model? Dependent Variable is Turnover Rate Predictor A. Turnover Rate equals 12.1005 + 0.07149 Trust Index + 0.0007216 Average Bonus B. Turnover Rate equals 0.7826+0.01966 Trust Index +0.0001481 Average Bonus C. Turnover Rate = 0.01966 Trust Ind...

The Y-intercept ( b 0) represents the predicted value of Y when X = 0. change in estimated Y per unit change in X. predicted value of Y. variation around the sample regression line. - predicted value of Y when X = 0 The slope ( b 1) represents predicted value of Y when X = 0. the estimated average change in Y per unit change in X. the predicted value of Y. variation around the line of regression. - the estimated average change in Y per unit change in X. The Chancellor of a university...