[PSY100H1] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (21 pages long)
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Self-report methods: people are asked to provide information about themselves. Viewing yourself as better than average, overestimation of your own skill. Reaction time; how quickly is your response to the stimulus. Slower when there"s a mismatch, because there is interference between the word and the color the ink is! Happens because we automatically read the words delay indicates how long it takes to overcome that automatic reaction. This measures the interference making this switch; don"t read the word, tell me the color . Poor spatial resolution but good temporal resolution; can tell when it"s happening but not where. fmri. Where oxygen is going to the brain. Good spatial resolution but poor temporal resolution. Accuracy; the extent to which our experimental measure is free of error. Using a stopwatch to time your react time, and clicking the button at good timing.
