core studies findings

Question 1

baron Cohen study findings

Answer 1

autistic/aspirgus scored worse in eye test only getting 16.3/25. normal 20.3/25. Tourettes 20.4/25

Question 2

loftus and palmer study findings

Answer 2

smashed condition mean estimate speed =40.8mph compared to contact 31.8mph

16 ps said they saw broken glass in smashed condition compared to 7 in hit and 6 in controlled.

Question 3

grant study findings

Answer 3

average score 14.3/16 in MCQ in matching condition and 12.7 in mismatching condictions

Question 4

milgram study findings

Answer 4

100% ps went to 300v
5 refused further than 300v
65 were classed as obedient when went to 450v
3 ps had seizures
some had nervous laugher, sweating and biting nails

Question 5

bocchiaro study findings

Answer 5

76.5 obeyed
9.4 where classed as whistle blowers
gained quantitive data

Question 6

bocchiaro prediction study findings

Answer 6

prediction task
3.6 said they would obey
64.5 said they wouldn’t obey

Question 7

bandura study findings

Answer 7

-children in aggressice condition imitated many role models verbal behaviour eg “pow”.
-ps in non agressive group showed less aggresive behaviour
-boys imitated more aggression than girls no verbal difference

Question 8

casey study findings

Answer 8

low delayers made more false alarms in happy NoGo
adults with low delay at age 4 showed more difficulty as a adult suppressing happy face response

Question 9

casy 2 study

Answer 9

ventral striatum showed more activity in happy no/go task in low delayers than high delays. also low activity in inferior frontal gyrus

high delays had the opposite

Question 10

freud findings

Answer 10

-Hans giraffe dream about a big giraffe and crumpled giraffe
-criminal fantasy Hans smashed a window with his dad and got taken off
Hans fanasised about marrying his mum and his dad being his granddad

Question 11

loftus and palmer aim

Answer 11

to investigate if leading questions given after witnessing an event influences memory

Question 12

grant aim

Answer 12

to investigate if students memory recall in exams could be improved by having the same content at encoding retrieval

Question 13

milgram aim

Answer 13

to investigate how obedient people are to authority

Question 14

bocchiaro aim

Answer 14

to find out what people would do in response to authority figure obey, disobey or whistle blow

Question 15

bandura aim

Answer 15

to see if aggression is transferred through a process of social learning

Question 16

Chaney aim

Answer 16

to investigate where the new asthma device (funhaler) can prove positive reinforcement to improve adherence of using inhaler in young asthmatics

Question 17

sperry aim

Answer 17

to investigate the function of both hemispheres and to find out the effects of heimsphere reconnection in split brain patients

Question 18

casey aim

Answer 18

to find out if delayed gratification is due to brain
to conduct a longitudinal study investigating delay gratification 40 years from when Ps we’re tested

Question 19

freud aim

Answer 19

to see if his theory was correct and impulses during childhood
he wanted to show his theory was correct little Hans was a “little oedipus”

Question 20

baron Cohen aim

Answer 20

to see if Ps with autism/aspergers lack advance theory of mind predicting they would perform badly on eye task

Question 21

Simon and Chablis aim

Answer 21

To further investigate inattentional blindness

Question 22

Simon and chabris findings

Answer 22

46% missed the unexpected event 54% saw it. More peoples saw the gorilla in the easy condition and gorilla was seen more in the black condition

Question 23

Levine aim

Answer 23

To identify characteristics of the communities In which strangers are more/less likely to be helped. To find out why cultures are more helpful and if some strangers are more helpful

Question 24

Levine results

Answer 24

Most helpful city was Rio in Brazil
The least helpful city is Kuala Lumpur, malaysia
Cities with lower PPP are more helpful