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Psychology Year 2
Terms and themes studied in Year 2 of Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is IQ stand for and what is it’s connection to a mean number | It stands for intelligence quotient. It stands for the average number for each age group |
| what is meta-cognition otherwise called | Is often referred to as imagination |
| What creates a mood | It is the idea that a physical response and mental attribution and a physical reaction form a loop that continues on until broken by another intervening cause. The loop is what turns an emotion into a mood |
| What is attribution bias | Attribution bias is the name given to the way the brain interprets a physical reaction to a stimulus. It is how we read feelings that are generated |
| what is cognitive bias | Cognitive bias describes the lack of knowledge that leads people to force assumptions and encourages their expression through misunderstanding the level of confidence they should have in the view expressed |
| What does LAD stand for | It stands for learning acquisition device that was proposed by Noamh Chomsky |
| What is a phoneme | The basic sounds that form the basis of the language in English and are considered to be around 42 |
| What is a grapheme | How phonemes I'll put together in order to create multisyllable sounds that make individual words. It includes spelling |
| What is a morpheme | The moving of the common beginnings and endings put on words to give them a common meaning i.e.ism. ology. pre. post. |
| What is confabulation | Memories that are synthesised in order to please an audience of the want of having memories to draw on |
| Describe the effects of Korsakoff syndrome | Reduction in thiamin in the brain that leads to the loss of long-term memory requiring the sufferer to draw on current clues in order to construct memories |
| Who gave us a forgetting curve | Forgetting curve was suggested by Ebbinghaus, based on studies he undertook on himself but was then later repeated by others |
| What causes dis-congruence | The gap that exists between self image and an idealised image of self. The bigger the gap the greater the degree of this congruence |
| What is Imposter syndrome | The belief that success has been achieved by good luck. The sufferer lives in constant fear of being discovered or 'found out' |
| What is a syndrome | A syndrome is a set of recognised characteristics of symptoms that give rise to a suggested cause or problem. Because of it's non-specific testable cause is what differentiates it from a diagnosis |
| What is self-esteem an evaluation of | Self-esteem is the degree to which an individual is satisfied with their self image, their progression through Maslow's hierarchy of needs plus other factors such as narcissism. |
| Who was Narcissus and what is his syndrome | Narcissisus is a Greek demagogue known for his beauty. One day he saw his reflection in the pool and has remained eternally fixated on staring at himself |
| What psychological approach do the 5 postulates relate to | Five postulants relate to the manifesto of the humanist school of psychology |
| What does 'quis custodiet ipsos custodes' relate to | It is the Latin translation of who guards the guardians. It relates to the role of social institutions in society operates as a means of control but that to all intents and purposes self regulate. |
| What is a peak experience | A peak experience is a moment of self-actualising behaviour. Time may seem to slow down and is accompanied by a sense of ecstasy or joy. It becomes a lifelong memory |
| What happens in the flow | Moments of flow describe times when an individual is completely absorbed in an activity or experience to the exclusion of everything else. Other needs and demands are put aside not to concentrate on the absorption of the behaviour. It is an example of peak experience and possibly self actualising behaviour |
| Who first described transcendence | Transcendence is one of the additional hierarchies of motivation suggested by Abraham Maslow. It suggests behaviour or experiences that transcend the five physical senses |
| What is re-constructivist education | Reconstructed education describes a system that starts by re-interpreting what has been learned and then add a new learning all of which points towards affirming particular belief or ideal state. It is seen as a manipulative form of education as it leaves no room for individual interpretation |
| What does ;Nullius non verba; mean in academic study | It is the motto of the Royal Society. It translates as 'take no one's word for it'. It is often cited along with 'dare to think of yourself'. They are both mottos of the age of Enlightenment |
| What did Kuhn mean by the term the ideal-self | The ideal self is a mental image of a person an individual would like to become. It is based on people, events, cultures, beliefs, and other factors that particularly appeal to an individual as representatives of an ideal way of living and thinking |
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