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    • Characteristic of depression
      • Cognitive
        • low activity levels
        • lack of sleep or food
        • self harm
      • emotional
        • bad mood
        • Low self esteem
        • anger
      • Cognitive
        • low concentration
        • negative and absolutist thoughts
    • Neural explanation of OCD
      • 1. Prefrontal cortex picks up signals
      • 2. Basal ganglia fails to filter through
      • 3. Thalamus becomes overactive
      • loop becomes faulty
    • Ways in which neuro chemistry affects behaviour
      • Hormones
      • Adrenaline
      • fight or flight
    • Quantitative and Qualitative
      • Quant= statistical
      • qual= words and text
    • Pavlov's research
      • Dog
      • classical conditioning
      • association
      • UCS-UCR, NS, CS-CR
      • generalise to humans
      • law of contiguity
    • What is standard deviation
      • how consistent the scores of an experiment are around the mean. Lower the better
    • what are the five marks for when you draw a graph
      • X and Y axis (2)
      • Title with IV and DV
      • Correct scale
      • plots plotted accurately
    • the difference between a directional and a non directional hypothesis
      • directional tells you what you expect the effect to be
      • non directional doesn't predict
      • e.g. Heart rate will increase in beats per minute when more units of alcohol is consumed
    • evaluate the cognitive approach
      • + experimental evidence is very specific, allows for replication and confidence in results
      • + real life application, CBT and Depression
      • + and - machine reductionism, good because it's simplistic and can understand. Too reductionistic, lacks interactionism
      • + and - schemas are good because they allow us to understand new knowledge. Bad because it can lead to stereotyping.

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