BTEC Applied psychology

• Sex


  A binary construct you are either female XX chromosome or male XY chromosome.
• Gender

  A label, examples female and male that are often culturally defined rather than biologically defined.
• Gender fluid


  Not having a fixed gender.
• Masculinity

  Possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men.
• Femininity


  Behaving in ways considered typical for women.
• Transgender


  Identification with a gender that does not match one's biological gender.
• Binary


  Gender - a term that means either male or female
• Non-binary gender


  A term that suggests that gender cannot be split up into two distinct categories
• Typical gender forms


  Types of gender that are socially the norm ie male and female
• Atypical gender forms


  Types of gender that not socially the norm ie metrosexual
• Gender Dysphoria

  A condition where a person feels discomfort with the gender assigned to them at birth
• Primary Data


  Which term mean data that was previously unknown and which have been obtained directly by the researcher for a particular research project?
• Secondary Data


  Which term means data that is collected by someone other than the user?
• Laboratory experiment

  What method is an experiment carried out in a controlled setting, with an IV and DV?
• Field Experiment

  Which method is an experiment that is carried out in a natural setting in which the researcher manipulates the IV and records the effect of the DV.
• Adaptive

  What term means a physical or psychological characteristic that enhances an individuals survival and reproduction, and is thus likely to be naturally selected for, and passed down in the genes?
• Aim

  What term means a general statement of what the researcher intends to study or investigate?
• Anonymity


  What is an important part of confidentiality , where a participant remains anonymous, their name is withheld?
• Antidepressant


  What term refers to a group of drugs ie SSRI/Prozac which increase serotonin levels?
• Asch

  Which key researcher into conformity - undertook a lines experiment, which can explain NSI and ISI?
• Bandura

  Which key theorist evidences Social Learning theory - BOBO doll.?
• Behavioural categories

  What term means dividing behaviours into individual components and detailing them on a tally chart, all should be operationalised?
• Behavioural Therapy

  Systematic Desensitisation is what type of therapy?
• Bias


  Which term is where certain groups may be over represented, which limits the extent to which generalisations can be made?
• Biological approach


  Which approach emphasises the important of physical processes in the body such as genetic inheritance and neural functions?
• BPS


  Which is the abbreviation for the British Psychological Society?
• Case Study

  Which method in psychology, involves a detailed study of a single individual?
• Classical Conditioning


  What term means learning by association, and occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together - an unconditioned ( unlearned) stimulus (UCS) and a new neural stimuli ( NS). Pavlov?
• Cognitive approach


  Which approach focuses on how our mental processes ( thoughts, perception, attention) affect behaviour?
• CBT Cognitive Behavioural therapy

  What is a method of treating mental disorders based on both cognitive and behavioural techniques. Challenges negative thoughts?
• Collectivist Culture

  What term refers to a group of people who place more value on the collective rather than the individual, on interdependence rather than independence. Typical of eastern cultures such as Japan, China?
• Compliance

  What term means a superficial or temporary type of conformity where we outwardly go along with the majority view, but privately disagree with it?
• Correlation


  What is a mathematical technique in which a researcher investigates a relationship between two variables, called co-variables?
• Qualititative data


  Which type of data is rich in detail, ie interview data?
• Quantitative

  What is the term for number data which can be analysed?
• Debrief


  What is the term for a post research interview designed to inform the participants of the true nature of the study, and let them know they can withdraw their data if they wish?
• Deception


  What term is an ethical issue , which occurs when the participants are not told the real aim of the study?
• Dependent Variable


  Which is the variable that is measured by the researcher?
• Depression


  What is the term for a mental disorder characterised by low mood and low energy levels?
• Dizygotic twins


  What is the term for Non-identical twins (50% of the same genes)?