Psychology - Phobias 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyPhobiasSocial influence, obedience and conformityDevelopment of personalityLearningGCSEEdexcel Created by: ellie-in-plaidCreated on: 09-09-20 10:44 Anxiety a state of fear or worry 1 of 32 Amygdala brain structure thought to be involved in aggression 2 of 32 Association the link between the neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus that make the neutral stimulus cause the same response 3 of 32 Classical conditioning a learning process which builds up an association between the two stimuli through repeated pairings 4 of 32 Closed question simple question that produces quantitative data 5 of 32 Collectivist describes a culture that encourages group dependence, cooperation and group identity e.g. Japan 6 of 32 Content analysis research method used to measure the number of times something comes up in a piece of media 7 of 32 Custom a longstanding practice of a particular group of people 8 of 32 Distressing when a person is suffering physically or psychologically 9 of 32 Extinction the loss of a classically conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeated many times without the unconditioned stimulus 10 of 32 Generalisation when a conditioned response is produced to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus 11 of 32 Hierarchy of fears a list of fears that are arranged from most to least feared 12 of 32 Hormones chemicals produced by the human body that send signals to organs around the body via the bloodstream 13 of 32 Individualistic describes a culture that encourages independence, personal achievement, competition and individuality e.g. USA 14 of 32 Likert-style question question using statements with five choices from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’ 15 of 32 Limbic system area of the brain involved in emotion 16 of 32 Modelling imitating the behaviour of someone 17 of 32 Nature what we are born with 18 of 32 Nuture what we learn from the way we are raised 19 of 32 Open question question that asks for description and detail and produce qualitative data 20 of 32 Phobia an intense fear that prevents ‘normal living’ in some way 21 of 32 Preparedness the tendency to learn some associations more easily, quickly and permanently than others 22 of 32 Questionnaires a research method using written questions 23 of 32 Rank-style question question with points either in order that can be chosen or that can be put in order 24 of 32 Reliability refers to whether findings from a study would be found again if the study was repeated 25 of 32 Response bias the patterns that participants fall into when answering 26 of 32 Social desirability bias when participants give the answers they think will be acceptable to other people, to make themselves look better 27 of 32 Social norm a behaviour or belief that is expected and accepted in a particular culture and these are different through time and place 28 of 32 Standardised instructions guidance for participants that is the same for everyone 29 of 32 Tradition a practice that has been handed down through generations 30 of 32 Unrepresentative limited so that it might not apply to everyone 31 of 32 Vicarious reinforcement learning through the positive consequences of other people’s actions rather than first-hand – we are more likely to copy if they are rewarded 32 of 32
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