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Progression exam - core studies Flashcards

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What are the 8 core studies you need to know?

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  1. Milgram
  2. Bocchiaro
  3. Piliavin
  4. Levine
  5. Sperry
  6. Casey
  7. Blakemore and cooper
  8. Maguire
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What is the aim of Milgrams experiment?

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To investigate how obedient people are to orders from a person in authority that would result in pain and harm to another person

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What is the independent variable in Milgrams study?

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There is no independent variable

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What is the dependent variable in Milgrams study?

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Obedience - maximum level of shock administered by participant

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What is the aim of Bocchiaros experiment?

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To investigate the rates of obedience, disobedience and whistleblowing in a situation where no physical harm was involved but where it was quite clear that the instructions were ethically wrong

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What is the independent variable in Bochiarros study?

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There is no independent variable

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What is the depedent variable in Bocchiaros study?

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Obedience, disobedience and whistleblowing on the experimenter
–> obedience: whether participants wrote the letter
–> disobedient: participants refused to write the letter
–> whistle-blowing: participants snitched in the letter

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What is the aim of Piliavins study?

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To investigate bystander behaviour by seeing how people would react if someone collapsed on the New York underground

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What is the independent variable/s in Piliavins study?

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  1. The type of victim - drunk or ill
  2. The race of victim
  3. Effect of a model helping
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What is the dependent variable in Piliavins study?

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Bystander behaviour - number of bystanders, frequency of witness help, time taken to help, sex/ race of helper

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What is the aim of Levines study?

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To investigate differences in non-emergency helping behaviour towards strangers in a range of cultures and to understand differences in terms of cultural traditions and economic productivity

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What is the independent variable/s in Levines study?

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Whether participants saw the experimenter drop a pen, wear a leg brace and limp and then drop magazines, or be blind with a cane signalling for help to cross a road

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What is the dependent variable in Levines study?

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Helping behaviour
–> dropped pen: Whether someone picked up and gave pen back to experimenter
–> Leg brace: offering to help/ picking up magazines without offering
–> Blind: whether participants let experimenter know light was green or stopped them before light was green

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What is the aim of Sperrys study?

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To investigate the effects of hemispheric deconnection on perception and memory

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What is the independent variable of Sperrys study?

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Whether participants had a split-brain or normal one

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What is the dependent variable in Sperrys study?

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Participants levels of perception and memory
–> their performance on visual and tactile tasks

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What is the aim of Caseys study?

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To test whether delay of gratification in childhood predicts impulse self-control abilities in adulthood

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What is the independent variable in Caseys study?

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“high delayers” or “low delayers”

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What is the dependent variable in Caseys study?

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Performance on the impulse control task
–> no go/ go task

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What is the aim of Blakemore and Coopers study?

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To test whether kittens raised in an environment of vertical or horizontal stripes would develop normal vision

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What is the independent variable in Blakemore and Coopers study?

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Whether kittens were raised in a horizontal or vertical enrivonment

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What was the dependent variable in Blakemore and Coopers study?

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Whether the kitten raised in horizontal environment could detect vertically aligned objects

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What was the aim of Maguires study?

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To investigate whether doing a job that demands navigational experience, and spending more years in that job, affect the volume of the hippocampus

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What is the independent variable in Maguires study?

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Whether participants were London taxi drivers or non-taxi drivers

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What was the dependent variable in Maguires study?

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The volume of the hippocampus
–> MRI scans

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What research design did Sperry use?

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Lab experiment

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What research design did Casey use?

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Quasi experiment

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What research design did Blakemore and Cooper use?

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Lab experiment

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