PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
1. Bernstein's prob- The result may be perfect every time, but the motion to get there is different.
lem of motor
"the basic difficulties for coordination consist precisely in the extreme abundance
control
of degrees of freedom, with which the nervous center is not in a position to deal."
(1967)
2. Tuvey's (1990) ~ human bones controlled by ~1000 muscles, controlled by millions of neurons.
degrees-of-free- ~ 10^8 degrees of freedom.
dom problem
Somehow at every moment we need to be in control of all those degrees of
freedom. The faster supercomputer can only perform 10^15 operations/second.
3. What did Chris- Pendulum clocks started out of time and ended up in time with each other. He
tian Huygens speculated a mechanism called "coupling"
(1629-1695) find
about syn-
chrony?
4. Coupling Mechanism proposed by Christian Huygens ,whereby pendulum clocks started
out of time and ended up in time with each other.
Humans walk in time with each other.
,PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
,PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
5. The Haken-Kel- Frequency matching + coupling strength + stochastic noise - synchrony (in-phase
so-Bunz (HKB) or anti-phase)
equation (won't
be examined)
6. Interpersonal The matching in time and space of behaviour between two (or more) people. Is
synchrony stable at the in-phase or anti-phase modes (but not at other modes)
7. Hove & Risen The more synchrony between experimenter and participants when drumming to
(2009) experi- a metronome, the more the participant liked the experimenter.
ment on syn-
Asynchronous and the control were not ditterent, but synchrony was.
chrony and lik-
ing.
8. Levels of social Social self -> social cognition -> social context -> social communication
analysis & syn-
chrony
9. How is interper- Lumsden et al. (2014)
sonal synchrony Synchrony boosts self-esteem
linked to self-es-
teem?
,PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
10. What is some Macrae et al., 2008 found that in-phase synchrony in hand flapping increased
evidence that memory in a surprise recall test of random words spoken by another person. Also
synchrony influ- increased memory of what the other person looked like compared to anti-phase.
ences social cog-
nition?
11. What evidence is Miles et al. 2010 found that participants withdrew synchrony when a confederate
there that syn- was late (and they were annoyed) compared to when they were on time.
chrony is depen-
dent on social
context?
12. How is synchrony Wiltermuth (2012)
associated with 14.
social obedience
(with evidence)?
13. How does syn-
chrony affect so-
cial communica-
tion (with evi-
dence)?
and Social Behavior questions well answered
1. Bernstein's prob- The result may be perfect every time, but the motion to get there is different.
lem of motor
"the basic difficulties for coordination consist precisely in the extreme abundance
control
of degrees of freedom, with which the nervous center is not in a position to deal."
(1967)
2. Tuvey's (1990) ~ human bones controlled by ~1000 muscles, controlled by millions of neurons.
degrees-of-free- ~ 10^8 degrees of freedom.
dom problem
Somehow at every moment we need to be in control of all those degrees of
freedom. The faster supercomputer can only perform 10^15 operations/second.
3. What did Chris- Pendulum clocks started out of time and ended up in time with each other. He
tian Huygens speculated a mechanism called "coupling"
(1629-1695) find
about syn-
chrony?
4. Coupling Mechanism proposed by Christian Huygens ,whereby pendulum clocks started
out of time and ended up in time with each other.
Humans walk in time with each other.
,PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
,PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
5. The Haken-Kel- Frequency matching + coupling strength + stochastic noise - synchrony (in-phase
so-Bunz (HKB) or anti-phase)
equation (won't
be examined)
6. Interpersonal The matching in time and space of behaviour between two (or more) people. Is
synchrony stable at the in-phase or anti-phase modes (but not at other modes)
7. Hove & Risen The more synchrony between experimenter and participants when drumming to
(2009) experi- a metronome, the more the participant liked the experimenter.
ment on syn-
Asynchronous and the control were not ditterent, but synchrony was.
chrony and lik-
ing.
8. Levels of social Social self -> social cognition -> social context -> social communication
analysis & syn-
chrony
9. How is interper- Lumsden et al. (2014)
sonal synchrony Synchrony boosts self-esteem
linked to self-es-
teem?
,PSYC2212/3312 Final Exam Revision: Psychology
and Social Behavior questions well answered
10. What is some Macrae et al., 2008 found that in-phase synchrony in hand flapping increased
evidence that memory in a surprise recall test of random words spoken by another person. Also
synchrony influ- increased memory of what the other person looked like compared to anti-phase.
ences social cog-
nition?
11. What evidence is Miles et al. 2010 found that participants withdrew synchrony when a confederate
there that syn- was late (and they were annoyed) compared to when they were on time.
chrony is depen-
dent on social
context?
12. How is synchrony Wiltermuth (2012)
associated with 14.
social obedience
(with evidence)?
13. How does syn-
chrony affect so-
cial communica-
tion (with evi-
dence)?
