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VCE psychology unit 1 aos 2 Verified Answers Development Changes that occur over time Lifespan Development Changes that occur from birth through to and including old age Physical Development Changes in the body and its various systems, such as the brain, muscles etc Social Development Changes in relationships with other people and skills in interacting with others, such as the ability to form and maintain relationships Cognitive Development Changes in an individuals mental abilities...

What is the origin and meaning of "ang" Latin; bend What does the Conner's Report help diagnose? ADD Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? Morphemes Define prosody Flow of speech Define euphony sound/pleasing sound Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? word attack What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? Latin What is the origin of the affixing of base words? Latin What is the orig...

RESEARCH QUESTION Potential problem/question that outlines the problem or phenomenon being studied Eg. Does caffeine affect memory? AIM What the study is intending to investigate/ the purpose of the study Eg. To identify whether drinking caffeine effects memory compared to not drinking caffeine RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS A testable prediction of the relationship between two or more variables (events to characteristics). Eg. it is hypothesised that those who drink caffeine will have increased ...

Circadian Phase Disorders • Sleep disorders in which a person's circadian rhythm is disrupted. • Result in disturbed sleep and consequential daytime sleepiness. 3 Types of Circadian Phase Disorders • Adolescent sleep-wake cycle • Shift work • Jet lag Adolescent Sleep-Wake Cycle (disorder) • Delayed sleep-wake phase disorder • A circadian rhythm sleep disorder which only occurs during the teenage years. • Sleep patterns tend to shift back 2 hours - largely due to inte...

Reticular formation - helps screen incoming information so as not to overload the brain, alerts higher brain centres to important information, helps maintain consciousness, and regulates arousal and muscle tone Forebrain - a collection of upper level structures that include the hypothalamus, thalamus and cerebrum

Autonomic nervous system a self-regulating sub-division of the peripheral nervous system that connects the central nervous system to the body's internal organs and glands, providing feedback to the brain about their activities Axon a single, tubelike, extension that carries neural information away from the neuron Axon terminal the end part of an axon collateral where terminal buttons that store and secrete neurotransmitter are located Central nervous system the brain and spinal cord; p...

stimulus as neutral or good that does not cause stress for the individual Benzodiazepines - a type of medication that depresses central nervous system activity and is often used as a short-acting anti-anxiety medication Between-subjects design (also known as independent-groups design or between-groups design) - an experimental design in w

Role of attention - . the more attention, the higher the degree of awareness and vice versa . NWCs involve more awareness and therefore, more attention than ASCs . internal VS external . intentional VS unintentional Selective attention - involves choosing and attending to a specific stimulus to the exclusion of others . more likely to attend to stimuli that are important to us, that change or are novel . can still process some information outside conscious awareness

VCE Psychology Visual Perception Test RevisionCornea -ANSWER. the transparent, convex-shaped covering which protects the eye and helps to focus light rays onto the retina at the back of the eye Aqueous Humour -ANSWER. the watery fluid which helps to maintain the shape of the eyeball and provides nutrients and oxygen to the eye, as well as carrying away waste products. Pupil -ANSWER. not a structure in itself, but an opening in the iris that helps to control the amount of light entering the...

counterbalancing - A method used to control order effect, where half the participants in an experiment are exposed to the control condition first and the other half are exposed to the experimental condition first; this is then reversed in the second instance. experimenter effect - Changes in the participants' behaviour that are caused by the unintended influence of the experimenter rather than the IV.