PSYB10H3 Study Guide - Dependent And Independent Variables, Prefrontal Cortex, Parasympathetic Nervous System
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How do you feel right now? and you would report on how you feel. Traditionally done by pencil and paper method, or by computer. Reaction time tasks: you sit infront of a computer screen and you complete various tasks and we measure the speed at which you can complete those tasks. Dutch scientist had discovered that the complex the task, the more time it would take the participant to complete. The longer the reaction time=the concepts are more distantly related to each other e. g. it takes longer to divide two numbers then it is to add. Priming: i try to ellicit a mood in you, or put a concept in your mind. Subliminal: you are not aware you are being primed. Explicit priming: you are aware of being primed e. g. scary face on the screen will ellicit some changes in behaviour (fearful expressions) T rying to understand behaviour through different methods.
