PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Parietal Lobe, Natural Selection, Trichromacy
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A line figure that presents data from a frequency distribution. 68%, normal distribution: makes bell curve, naturally when you measure anything the score is going to make a bell curve shape. Standard deviation, how much spread/distance other scores fall from centre means, average. The minimum requirement for statistical significance is that the probability of the obtained results occurring by chance is less than a certain proportion. Structuralism = what are the parts, functionalism = what the parts do. Freud didn"t do experiments purely case studies of his own patients, Freud observed the slips of the tongue people tend to make. It becomes positive and travels along the axon. Fight vs flight response sympathetic nervous system. Parasympathetic, conserves energy, slows everything down, calming. Parietal lobe sense of touch, integrating visual input and monitoring body"s position in space. Natural selection = over generation, survival of the fittest. Perception: selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input.
