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Pscy 101 1st test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Goals of psychology | Understand, Predict, and Goals |
| The Scientific Method | Testable hypothesis, Study design, data collection, data analysis & interpretation, communication of results |
| Naturalistic Observation (example, strengths, weakness) | |
| Case studies (example, strengths, weakness) | |
| Surveys (example, strengths, weakness) | |
| Correlation | |
| Causation | |
| what are the two groups that make the experiment | Experimental, and control |
| *What is the experiment variable IV | the thing that you can control |
| *What is the experiment variable DV | shows the effect of not getting the variable |
| What is a random sample | samples selected from a group of anything (Computers) |
| What is a Convince sample | Samples from things or people you have access to |
| what is sample bias | |
| what is experimental bias | |
| whats wrong with deception" deceptive experiments | |
| whats wrong with animal studies | |
| What does the soma neuron do | Makes sense of the information |
| What does the axon neuron do | transfers the information |
| What does the dendrite neuron do | PICKS UP the information from outside sources or other neurons |
| what is electrochemical comunication | |
| what does the synapse do | |
| what do neurotransmitters do (Ach, Dopamine) | |
| Tne central nervous system CNS consists of | Spinal cord & the Brain |
| The PNS consists of | Somatic, Autonomic, Sympathetic, & Parasympathetic |
| Somatic | Voluntary Moving like (clapping hands) |
| Autonomic | NOT voluntary movement (Heart rates, breathing) |
| Sympathetic | example: when yhur sweating because of excitement |
| Parasympathetic | example: when yhur calming down |