PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blind Experiment, Peripheral Nervous System, Job Performance

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Agnieszka Kopinska

Document Summary

Autonomic arousal: the involuntary change in bodily activities that relates to the peripheral nervous system, such as a person"s heart rate or sweating, in response to physical or psychological stimuli. Double-blind procedure: an experimental technique used to determine the effect of a treatment or stimulus, while eliminating biased expectations. The process consists of all parties unaware of which participants are the subjects and which are the controls in an experiment. Job burnout: the deterioration of one"s job performance due to factors such as stress and lack of. Psychometric research is used: surveys and interview questions to measure the phenomenon support. using a scale. Placebo effect: the clinical response to a treatment that occurs independent of its physiological effect. In medicine, a placebo is a substance that has no direct pharmacological effect, such as a sugar pill. Double blind treatment; give one the placebo and one actual to see if it works.