Unit 1 QCAA Psychology Revision

Professor Friendly wanted to investigate if using red font in his slideshows would improve student examination performance. He used his two psychology classes and said that they had to participate in the study as part of the course requirements. Professor Friendly recruited a total of 150 students, 70 in one class and 80 in another. He gave the same lecture to both classes, but one class had the slides presented in red writing and the other in black writing (control). His found that in the examinations, there was a difference between the two groups with the red font group performing at a lower level than the black font group ( p 0.06  ).

• correlational design

• experimental design

• independent measures design

• repeated measures design

Answer explanation

Experimental design can be broken down into independent or repeated measures so to get the most correct answer you need to go one step beyond experimental design.

Which answer suggests that nurture is the main explanation for behaviours?

• The same behaviour is seen in the parents and in the children.

• The same behaviour is seen within friendship groups but not between siblings.

• The same behaviour is seen between siblings.

• The same behaviour is seen in cousins from the same family.

Identify an example of a structural brain imaging technology.

• fMRI

• PET

• SPECT

• CT

Which statement best defines localisation of brain function?

• The left side of the brain is responsible for the right side of the body.

• The corpus callosum determines how messages are sent between the hemispheres.

• A particular brain area has a specific function and purpose.

• Localisation of brain function involves a neuron’s ability to rewire and make new connections

Select the correct order for brain development.

• circuit formation -> proliferation-> myelination -> migration ->synaptic pruning

• migration -> myelination -> synaptic pruning -> proliferation ->

  circuit formation

• proliferation -> migration -> circuit formation -> synaptic pruning -> myelination

• synaptic pruning -> proliferation -> migration -> circuit formation -> myelination

Cassie is 1 year old and cries whenever her mother leaves the room because she thinks her mother is gone forever. Identify which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development Cassie is in, and name the concept that explains why Cassie thinks her mother has disappeared forever whenever the two are out of sight from each other.

• concrete; conservation

• preoperational; symbolic thinking

• preoperational; conservation

• sensorimotor; object permanence

The stage of sleep follows REM sleep is

Teenagers undergo a shift. The Melatonin release is , which means that teenagers are more likely to experience due to early start times at school.

True or False: the evolutionary theory of sleep states that sleep patterns increase an animal's or human's chance of survival in it's environment

• True

• False

The following is a definition of what element in our consciousness unit:

The capacity to attend to and perform two or more activities at the same time