PSYCH 3830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cerebral Cortex, Dependent And Independent Variables, Endocrine System
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Identify the question a: hypothesis, testable prediction, designing the study i. Independent variable: variable we manipulate, dependent variable, variable we measure, experimental condition, control condition, subject undergoes experimental treatment, similar to experimental condition, but there is no kind of manipulation (no experimental treatment, random assignment. Ethics of research: right to informed consent i. Theories and causal factors of abnormality (8 major causal factors of abnormality are in bold and italics: on theoretical perspectives of abnormality a. It is believed that many disorders are cased from bio-psycho-social factors (a combination of 3 different factors) If a person had a legion in the cerebral cortex, it might negatively affect their ability in reasoning: neuro-structure (apart of the nervous system) that plays a role in eating, drinking, sexual behavior. If a person had a lesion in the hypothalamus, that person"s chances of anorexia may increase: hypothalamus serves as an intermediary between the nervous.
