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Individual Differences Flashcards

- freud - Baron Cohen - Gould - Hancock

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What was the background to Freud?

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Hans was a cheerful straightforward child until he developed his phobia. his behaviour then changed

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What was the research method for Freud?

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A longitudinal case study which lasted from when hans was 3-5 yrs old

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How was data collected in Freud?

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Hans father reported back to freud after questioning and observing hans

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What was the sample for freud?

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Little hans from the age of 3-5

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What 3 fantasies did Hans have?

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  • the giraffe fantasy
  • 2 plumber fantasies
  • parenting fantasy
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What was a key finding from Freud?

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Little hans fear of white horses was a subconscious fear of his father

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What was a possible conclusion from freud?

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provided support for his theory of psychosexual development and the Oedipus complex.

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What is the background to Baron Cohen?

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some evidence suggests that a TOM deficit is not a core cognitive deficit in autism.

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What is the research method for Baron Cohen?

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Quasi/natural experiment because the IV was naturally occuring

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What is the IV in Baron-Cohen?

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Having high functioning autism, normal adults and adults with tourette syndrome.

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What is the DV in Baron Cohen?

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the performance on the eye task

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What was the sample for Baron-Cohen?

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grp 1: 16 individuals with high functioning Asperger syndrome.
grp 2: 50 normal age matched adults
grp 3: 10 adults with tourette syndrome which were age matched with group 1 and 2

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What did the basic emotional recognition test include in Baron Cohen?

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Judging photographs which display basic emotion.

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What was the key findings from Baron-Cohen?

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Adults with TS was not significantly different from normal adults but both were significantly higher than the autism mean score

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What was a possible conclusion to Baron-Cohen?

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Adults with autism do possess an impaired theory of mind.

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What is the background to Gould?

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In 1904 Binet and Simon were commissioned by the French government to devise a test which would identify those children who wouldn’t benefit from ordinary schooling.

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What is the research method for Gould?

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Not a piece of empirical research. it is an extract from goulds book. the study is a review article

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What is the sample for Gould?

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1.75 million army recruits in the USA during WW1. Includes white americans and european immigrants

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What is the Army Alpha Test in Gould?

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designed for literate recruits and consisted of 8 parts. The tests were extremely biased and mainly focused on american culture.

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What is the Army Beta test in Gould?

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test designed for people that failed the Army Alpha test. this test was also culturally specific

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What is the individual spoken exam in Gould?

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If recruits failed the other 2 tests they were then given this exam. This rarely happened though

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What was a key finding from Gould?

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had a large impact on officer screening

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What are some possible conclusions from Gould?

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  • IQ tests are culturally and historically biased
  • IQ tests do not measure innate intelligence.
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What is the research for Hancock?

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Psychopathy was measured using psychopathy checklist revised. Used semi structured/ open- ended interviews

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What is the sample for Hancock?

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52 male murderers (14 psychopaths, 38 no psychopaths)

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What was the outline to Hancock?

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Participants were interviewed and they verbally explained their homocide in as much detail as possible

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What was a key finding from Hancock?

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there was no significant difference in the average number of words produced by psychopaths and controls

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What is a possible conclusion from Hancock?

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Psychopaths are more likely than non- psychopaths to describe the cause and effect relationships describing their murder.

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