Psychology Term 1 Pearsons GCSE review

If something has ecological validity it can ...

• controlled by the experimenters

• make a theory not true

• be used in the real world

• confirm that it is nature and nurture that influenced the results

If something is subjective it ..

• is based on a personal opinion or feeling

• it is based on facts

• it makes the experiment valid

• it makes an experiment longer

What is the term for losing memory from an accident, illness or injury?

(a)  

What is the capacity of short term memory?

• 10 minutes

• it is limitless

• 10 pieces of information

• approximately 7 pieces of information

What is the approximate duration of short term memory?

• it is limitless

• seven bits of information

• approximately 18 seconds

• approximately 10 seconds

What is the term for long term memory slowly disappearing or fading over time

(a)  

What is the term for the amnesia that results in forgetting everything before an accident, injury or illness?

• anterograde amnesia

• long term memory loss

• short term memory loss

• retrograde amnesia

Nativist theory suggests that ...

• morality is unchanging over a lifetime

• morality on forms in adulthood

• morality is a part of human nature

• morality can be learned over time

What does heteronomous mean?

• rules are put in place by others

• someone that does not understand rules

• rules are decided by people

• someone who cannot follow rules

According to Piaget's stages of development, can you match the following?

• ages 7-12 years

• Concrete operational stage

• birth to 2 years

• formal operational stage

• 2 to 7 years

• sensorimotor stage

• 12+ years

• pre-operational stage