ERQ Studies

Question 1

AIM of Bergman and Roediger (Bergman and Roediger)

Answer 1

to repeat bartletts study with better control variables

Question 2

AIM of Wood and Cowan (relates to one model of memory )

Answer 2

to investigate how attention has an effect on recall

Question 3

AIM (Sharot
- influence of emotion on cognitive processes
- how the brain influences behaviour
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Answer 3

To investigate how the different extent of perception of an event influences flashbulb memory

Question 4

AIM of Kobiella
- brain influences behaviour
- explanation of disorders
- genes and their affect on behaviour

Answer 4

How the serotonin transporter 5-HTTLPR influences amygdalae
function and how these influences differentiate through genotypes

Question 5

AIM of Kendler
- genetics and behaviour
- explanation of disorders

Answer 5

To investigate the heritability of depression

Question 6

AIM of Byrne and Nelson
- Formation of personal relationships
- communication

Answer 6

to investigate whether or not someone agreeing will add attraction towards that person

Question 7

AIM Kenrick and Guitierres
- Biases in thinking and decision making

Answer 7

To investigate whether social comparison affects attractiveness

Question 8

AIM Walster
- Formation of relationships

Answer 8

To investigate likely success of attraction by being considered a selectively hard to get woman

Question 9

AIM Wedekind
- Evolutionaly explanations
- localisation
- genes

Answer 9

To investigate whether human body odours and females preferences for them are MHC dependent

Question 10

AIM Zajoncs
- Human Relationships
- biases in thinking and decision making

Answer 10

To investigate whether there is a correlation between stimuli frequency and ppts attitude towards them

Question 11

AIM Brown and Kulik (THEORY)
- evolutionary explanations
- influence of emotion on cognitive processes

Answer 11

explain flashbulb memories

Question 12

AIM Bransford and Johnson
- Schema theory

Answer 12

to demonstrate necessity of prior knowledge for the meaningful processing of information in the first place

Question 13

AIM Palmer
- Schema theory

Answer 13

To find out whether context would affect perception

Question 14

AIM Glamzer and Kunitz
- Models of memory

Answer 14

to support notion of two separate stores plus the role of maintenance rehearsal

Question 15

AIM Draganski
- How brain influences behaviour
- localisation
- neuroplasticity

Answer 15

To demonstrate how a repeated action can lead to growth of neural networks

Question 16

AIM Maguire
- neuroplasticity
- localisation
- how brain influences behaviour

Answer 16

whether structural changes can be detected with extensive experience of spatial navigation

Question 17

AIM Talarico and Rubin
- Models of memory
- Reconstructive memory

Answer 17

Whether flashbulb memories are more accurate than other autobiographical memories

Question 18

AIM Caspi
- genetics and behaviour
- emotion on cognitive processes
- explanation of disorders

Answer 18

whether variations in the 5-HTT gene engineer different reactions to stressful experiences

Question 19

AIM Beck
- explanation of disorders
- emotion on cognitive processes
- schemea theory

Answer 19

cognitive explanation for depression related to certain combinations of alleles that they possessed

Question 20

AIM Hitch and Badderley
- memory model

Answer 20

to show that the MSM is too simpler to account for certain behaviours

Question 21

AIM Atkinson and Shiffrin
- Wood and Cowan
- Glanzer and Cunitz

Answer 21

display functional linear memory stores and how memory is processed and lost