Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Action Potential, Mental Chronometry, Axon Hillock

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Ch2 motor research design, the neuron, action potential. Next time: the synapse p. 69-74 read all. How do neurons work : dr. jung argues that increase in temperature increases in aggression: his claim is inaccurate because the data is correlational. Observation of two things so it is correlational. Between groups design (control what tv they watch, manipulate the amount of hours they watch, control the types of violence, exposing to different type of media. Within groups design: all subjects exposed to all conditions: all watch violent shows > measure aggression > all watch non-violent shows > measure aggression. Class prediction: give them a task, a scale to rate, physiological effects. Prof: self report/ verbal attack/ physical attack/ safe attack. *cue for aggression test was pulling up behind someone in a car and there is a weapon in the back, who honked. Rst and study showed that with the ri e they honked better.