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
How many participants in L&P?
45
150
What sample did milgram use?
Self-selected
Number of participants in bocchiaros study?
149
138 in second procedure
100% gave what voltage in milgrams study?
300v
Participants in Chaneys study
32
Experiment 2 L&P how many people believed they saw glass with verb smashed?
16
What debates could you put to sperry?
Determinism
How many photographs of eyes were there in baron Cohen’s study?
25
What design was used in L&P?
Independent measures
What was the operation called in speeds study?
A commissurotomie
What percentage went to 450v in milgrams study?
65%
How was whistle blowing measured in bocchiaros study?
Whether they filled in and handed in the ethics form
Why should be outlined in an evaluation when looking at method?
Design (independent etc)
Type (experiment/self report)
Participants (representative?)
What experimental design was Chaneys study?
Repeated measures
What was the text about in Grants study?
Psychoimmunology
How many participants in baron Cohen’s study?
16 with autism
Scores in the eye test out of 25 achieved on average by participants with Tourettes in baron Cohen?
20.4
Three different conditions the children witnessed
- Adult behaving aggressively
- Adult behaving non aggressively
- One group didn’t witness an adult
How many people in the second of bocchiaros experiments believed they would obey? In reality how many obeyed?
- 6%
76. 5%
Which studies focus on biological psychology?
Sperry
Casey
How ecologically valid was L&P study?
Not very- laboratory experiment
What kind of sample did Grant use?
Opportunity sampling
How many blew the whistle in bocchiaros study?
9.4%
Participants in Banduras Study
72 participants
3 groups
Equal number from each gender
What debates could you put to Baron Cohen
Free will/ determinism
Nature/nurture
How did Freud apply the Oedipus complex to Hans?
He believed that Hans wanted to kill his father and marry his mother
Where was Hans from?
Vienna, Austria
How many obeyed in bocchiaros study?
76.5%
What audio was used in Grants study?
Cafeteria noise
Name all approaches
Social Developmental Biological Individual differences Cognitive
What questions were used in grants study?
10 short answer
16 multiple choice
What debates could you put to Banduras study?
Nature/nurture
Individual/situational
Free will/determinism?
Outline experiment 1 in L&P
Participants were asked to estimate a cars speed after watching a video - different verbs were used
Which two studies relate to cognitive psychology?
Loftus+Palmer
Grant
Voltage range in milgrams study
15v-450v
One conclusion from bocchiaros study
People are very obedient and whistle blowing is uncommon
Summarise caseys experiment 1
Hot and cold cues
Cool- people’s faces - one gender they had to press the button
Verbs used in experiment 1 L&P
Hit Collided Contacted Bumped Smashed
Scores in the eye test out of 25 achieved on average by participants without autism in baron Cohen?
20.3
Name the perspectives
Behaviourist
Psychodynamic
How many took part in experiment 2 of caseys study?
27
How many participants in sperrys study?
11
Mean age in Banduras study
52 months
For experiment 1 in caseys study how many participants were there?
59
Which debates could you put to milgrams study?
Free will/determinism
Individual/situational
How many people in caseys study?
562
