Extra cognitive 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCognitive PsychologyASAQA Created by: BethanyLaurenMCreated on: 01-02-18 21:49 What is the episodic buffer? subcomponent of working memory, linked with long term memory & intergrating information 1 of 14 What is Alzheimers disease? neurological degenerative disease, causes memory loss & impairments in language 2 of 14 Link between Alzheimers disease & central executive? patients suffering shown decreased central executive function 3 of 14 What is operationalisation? defining variables specifically so they are directly tested 4 of 14 What is test retest? testing same findings over & getting same results 5 of 14 What is dyslexia? reading disorder, problem learning to recognise & decode printed words 6 of 14 What are extraneous variables? variable that may have affected dependent variable 7 of 14 What is a confounding variable? variable that affects findings of a study 8 of 14 What are situational factors? e.g.lighting,noise etc can affect study, be controlled or eliminated 9 of 14 What are participant variables? participants can affect results e.g.personality,intelligence etc. 10 of 14 What is the independent variable? variable that is manipulated to find differences 11 of 14 What is the dependent variable? variable that is measured or result of experiment 12 of 14 What is a one tailed test? direction of difference can be predicted 13 of 14 What is a two tailed test? direction of difference cannot be predicted 14 of 14
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