Case Studies Flashcards
What was caseys experiment 2?
Used a fMRI scanner while showing them hot go/no go task
What kind of experiment was caseys study?
Quasi-experiment
What must be considered when evaluating studies?
Approach/perspective
Methods
Issues
Debates
Which two studies relate to developmental psychology?
Bandura
Chaney
Which two studies relate to individual differences?
Freud
Baron Cohen
IV in Grants study
Test conditions
How old was hans at the start of the study?
5
Why did Freud believe Hans had a fear of horses?
Horses represented his father because of large penises
What was the method of bocchiaros study?
- Told in last experiment participants had panicked
- They were instructed to write a statement to convince participants to be involved in their study
- they had the option of filling in an ethics form
Which study’s relate to social psychology?
Milgram + Bocchiaro
Experiment 2 L&P how many participants believed they saw glass with verb ‘hit’?
7
Name some issues to be considered when evaluating studies
Ecological validity Longitudinal/snapshot Usefulness Generalisability (applied to all individuals?) Reliability (consistent?)
Scores in the eye test out of 25 achieved on average by participants with autism in baron Cohen?
16.3
Name the IV in L&P
Verb used
What did the results show in Chaneys experiment?
Compliance increased with the funhaler
What experimental design was used in Grants study?
Independent measures
What kind of experiment was Chaneys study?
Field experiment
Participants in Grants study?
39
Aim and conclusion of grants study
Aim- to test context dependancy effects caused by presence or absence of noise during learning
Conclusion - noise does not have an effect on people’s capacity to study
What debates can you put to Freud?
Individual/situational
Psychology as a science
Nature/nurture?
Conclusion from milgrams study
People are more obedient to destructive orders than expected
What debates could you put to bocchiaros study?
Freewilll/ determinism
Individual/situational
What debates could you put to L&P?
Usefulness of research
Why debates could you put to grant et al?
Usefulness of research
What debates could you put to Chaneys study?
Free will/determinism
What debates can you put to casey?
Nature/nurture
Free will/determinism
How may participants in milgrams study?
40 male volunteer
Experimental design used in Banduras study
Independent measures
How many participants in the control group in baron Cohen ?
50 ‘normal’
10 with Tourette’s
Ethical issue with bocchiaros study
Involved deceit