Core studies Flashcards
Which area does Grant link to?
Cognitive
What is the key theme and aim of Grant
Memory
To test the effect of noise on studying and retrieval of meaningful material in academic context
What is the sample in Grant’s study?
39 ps , aged 17-56 years
17 females and 23 males
Opportunity sampling
What is the area of Loftus and Palmer?
Cognitive
What is the aim and key theme of Loftus and Palmer’s study?
Memory
To test whether the phrasing of questions about a car accident could alter the participants memory of an event.
What is the sample of L&P study?
1) 45 students
2) 150 students
What is the aim and key theme of Bocciaro’s study?
Responses to people in authority
To investigate rates of dis/obedience and whistleblowing when instructions were clearly ethically wrong
What area does Bocciaro’s study relate to?
Social
What sample was used in Boc study?
Self selected
149 students from VU uni
96 women , 53 men
Recruited through flyers in canteen
What is the key theme and aim of Milgram?
Responses to people in authority
How far ps would go on electric shock meter
What is the area of Milgram’s study?
Social
What is the sample of Milgram’s study?
40 males age 20-50
Newspaper advert
Volunteer sampling
Chaney aim and key theme
External influences on children’s behaviour
Whether the use of positive reinforcement via the Funhaler could improve medical compliance in young asthmatics compared to the use of conventional inhaler
What is the sample in Chaney’s study?
32 children 10 females and 22 males
Patients at GP or paediatricians across West Australia
Bandura aim and key theme
External influences on children’s behaviour
Investigate observational learning of aggression. Specifically whether children would reproduce aggressive behaviour when the model was no longer present and differences in gender response
