Important things to remember Flashcards
What is the key theme for Milgram and Bocchiaro?
Responses to people in authority
What is the key theme for Loftus and Palmer and Grant et al?
Memory
What is the key theme for Bandura and Chaney et al?
External influences on children’s behaviour
What is the key theme for Sperry and Casey et al?
Regions of the brain
What is the key theme for Freud and Baron-Cohen?
understanding disorders
What was the aim of Milgram’s study?
To investigate the tendency for destructive obedience
Describe the sample in Milgram’s study
40 mean aged 20-50, recruited by means of a newspaper advertisement. Mostly volunteer or self-selected sample. They were from a range of backgrounds and held a range of jobs.
Before Milgram’s study was conducted psychology students were asked to estimate what percentage of ps would obey the orders what was the result?
1.2%
What was the average voltage given in Milgram’s study?
368v
What was the percentage of ps that gave 300v or more?
100%
What percentage of ps gave 450v 3 times?
65%
When did the leaner punch on the wall in Milgram’s study?
300v and 315v
How many ps were there in bocchiaro’s pilot study?
92
Describe the sample from Bocchiaro study
From the VU university of Amsterdam. 149 ps took part in the main study (96 women and 53 men, with a mean age of 20.8 years) The sample consisted of volunteers recruited by flyers posted in the university cafeteria
How many ps were surveyed on how they believed they would respond in Bocchiaro’s study?
138
How many people obeyed, disobeyed and whistleblew in Bocchiaro’s study?
76.5%, 14.1% and 9.4%
What did participants think the percentage was that they would obey, disobey and whistblow in Bocchiaro’s study
3.6%,31.9%, 64.5%
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What percentage of students said that others at the uni would obey, disobey and whistleblow in Bocchiaro’s study?
18.8%, 43.9%, 37.3%
Describe the sample in experiemnt 1 for Loftus and Palmer
45 students
what was the estimated speed when the verb smashed was used in Loftus and palmer’s study?
40.5
what was the estimated speed when the verb collided was used in Loftus and palmer’s study?
39.3
what was the estimated speed when the verb bumped was used in Loftus and palmer’s study?
38.1
what was the estimated speed when the verb hit was used in Loftus and palmer’s study?
34.0
what was the estimated speed when the verb contacted was used in Loftus and palmer’s study?
31.8