Exam Skills Flashcards
Explain what is meant by…
explain what is meant by coding in memory research
1 mark: Define…
(2 Marks…add an example)
1: process of converting info from one form to another
2: e.g. visual converted to acoustic in STM
Explain the difference between….
Explain one difference between STM and LTM
Explain the feature (capacity)
specify difference
One difference is capacity which refers to the amount of information which can be held.
(1 mark) STM has a limited capacity of 9 items
(2 marks) whereas LTM has an unlimited capacity
Describe what … have shown about…
Describe what research has shown about obedience
- about results not methods
- give results in figures
- explain what this shows (real life application / generalisation)
Milgram - 65% obeyed all the way to 450 V
Obedience decreased through variations
e.g ‘member of public’ took over experimenter role, obedience 20%
this shows that level of authority has influence over obedience
authority will be obeyed even with the consequence of inflicting harm on another person
Describe how … investigated…
How have psychologists investigated obedience to authority?
- procedural details
- don’t include findings
Milgram investigated obedience
selection through newspaper ad
allocated them ‘randomly’ to teacher roe (this was fixed)
another person (confed) was a learner
ppt asked the learner questions
every time he got them wrong, issue a shock
shock increased every time
observed reactions of ppts and recorded the volts ppts continued to
describe research
describing theories
studies or theories
explanations / findings
theories / explanations / models
evaluating studies
methodological
- how strong scientifically
- how valid
- how reliable
ethical
- accords with guidelines?
- if not, is it justified by cost/benefit
- identify criticism / strength - make it relevant to study - explain well - example, elaborate, explain - line of argument where possible
e. g talk about criticism and then a strength that overcomes it
