Psychology term 1

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  • Steps to formulating research
    1. Identify the aim of the research
    2. Develop a research question based on the aim
    3. Identify variables
    4. Construct a hypothesis [quantitative]
    5. Construct an inquiry question [qualitative]
  • Variables
    • Independent variable
    • Dependent variable
    • Controlled variable
    • Extraneous variables
    • Confounding variables
  • Methodology
    • Experimental research
    • Non-experimental
  • Non-experimental research

    • Case studies
    • Observational research
  • Selection of participants
    • Population
    • Sample
    • Sampling
  • Methods of sampling
    • Convenience sampling
    • Snowball sampling
  • Data collection
    • Qualitative data
    • Quantitative data
    • Mixed Methods
  • Structural organisation of the nervous system
    • Central nervous system
    • Peripheral nervous system
    • Somatic nervous system
    • Autonomic nervous system
  • Structure of the neuron
    • Dendrites
    • Cell body
    • Axon
    • Axon terminals
    • Myelin sheath
  • Functions of neurons
    • Sensory neurons
    • Motor neurons
    • Interneurons
  • Structures and functions of the brain
    • Hind brain
    • Medulla
    • Cerebellum
    • Mid-brain
    • Reticular formation
    • Forebrain
    • Cerebrum
    • Thalamus
    • Hypothalamus
    • Cerebral cortex
  • The brain is divided into two halves known as hemispheres, each hemisphere is dominant in different functions, this is known as hemisphere specialisation or localisation of functions
  • The hemispheres have contralateral control of the body
  • Emotional regulation
    Ability to apply procedures to control emotion or a set of emotions, works with hippocampus and amygdala
  • Aim
    A statement that explains what a researcher intends to investigate
  • Research question
    Questions researchers seek to answer with the experiment
  • Variables
    • Independent: deliberately manipulated or changed by the experimenter
    • Dependent: measured, condition that is affected by the IV and is used to measure that effect
    • Control: things that are kept the same in order to minimise the effect of anything other than the IV
  • Primary cortices
    • Motor
    • Sensory
    • Visual
  • Emotional regulation
    Ability to apply procedures to control emotion or a set of emotions, works with hippocampus and amygdala