Psychology Studies P1

Question 1

maguire ,

Answer 1

London taxi drivers
Hippocampus
MRI Scan

localisation , MRI

Question 2

Draganski

Answer 2

Jugglers
stopping , lower grey matter
learning skill , increase in grey matter

Neural plasticity , MRI

Question 3

Rodgers and Kessner

Answer 3

scopalomine on rats
spatial memory
mazes

Neurotransmitter

Question 4

Kendler et al

Answer 4

swedish twin study
15000 twins , mono and di
higher depression rates for those that are twins

Genetic Similarity

Question 5

Kaspi et al

Answer 5

5http gene
new zealend men
survey
having this allele - more MDD

Genetics

Question 6

Wedekind

Answer 6

Smelly tshirt study
MHC of men
women prefered dissamilar MHC
proved were subconsiously attracted to better gene pool

Pheremones/Reproduction

Question 7

Cahill and Mcgaugh

Answer 7

One group w/ boring story other w/ traumatic
Different 2 groups with beta blockers (stops adrenaline repeated study
Adrenaline helps with emotional memory , amygdala

Question 8

Bartlet

Answer 8

native american folk story
group told to learn and recite
groups remade stories using personal terms

Schema

Question 9

Glanzer and Cunitz 1996

Answer 9

List of words to memorize with different delays
Delays caused the forgettance of the later words
Supporting that primacy effect and long term memory of the first few words
Stm already forgotten after delay

MultiStore Memory

Question 10

Landry and Bartling (2011)

Answer 10

34 undergrad students
Reading lists of letters that sound not similar
Experimental group had to say “1, 2” repeatedly while memorizing
Control group did not
45 percent recall rate for exp/ group and 76 percent from control group
Phonological memory messed up by suppression/overload

Working Memory

Question 11

Bandura

Answer 11

kids and doll
ARPM
1 group with adult hating doll , 1 w adult loving doll , kids recreate behaviour

SCT

Question 12

Oden and Rochat

Answer 12

28 children observed for months, they learnt fishing and culture by watching adults
Children are able to fish on their own by 12
46 children given questions about the chief system of their island
Most of them have a very good understanding of their social system showing that they learn through watching.

SCT , Enculturation

Question 13

Hamilton and Gifford

Answer 13

Participants introduced to a group A and B
Group a is twice as large as B
Participants told statements positive and negative about each group
Participants assume more negatives in small group
This is due to more generalized negative
High ecological validity
Minimal internal validity.

Stereotype Formation

Question 14

Hill et al

Answer 14

guilt
guilty condition or innocent
given scenario of a cheater and told 80 percent did/did not cheat
asked to create interview for test takers
guilt condition created guilt presumed questions

Conformity SCT

Question 15

Steele and Arinson

Answer 15

stereotypes test african american
lab , given a test , told whites do better (stereotype affirmation)
results showed group did worse with stereotype then without

Stereotype Threat , Effects

Question 16

Fein and spencer

Answer 16

men , self image
fake intelligence test , negative feedback vs positive (given scores based on condition)
social judgement test
tested on a scenario (greg w gf , greg w “partner”)
negative assosiation assumed gay stereotype

Stereotype Threat

Question 17

Berry

Answer 17

prevelance of conformity (individualistic vs collectivistic)
Tamni farmers , Unuit hunters
Line test
collectivistic conformed

Conformity SCT , Culture

Question 18

Parker

Answer 18

symptoms of MDD differ between china and auzzie
100 patients 50/50
questionnaire
primary symptom that made them go to hospital
60% CHN , symatic symptom
13% AUS, Somatic symptom

Culture , Etimology

Question 19

Miranda and Matheny

Answer 19

latino immigrants , acculturative stress , USA
random sample 197 , questionaires
easier time time becoming part of society w good english , strong family structure and coping mechanism

Acculturation

Question 20

Lueck and wilson

Answer 20

2095 asian american families
Interviewed about language, family , history , culture and discrimination
1433 had high acculturative stress
Bilingualism resulted in lower stress scores as well as similar beliefs
Descrimination significantly raised stress
High ecological validity
Low internal validity
Large sample size

Acculteration

Question 21

HL - Norasukunnit and Uchida

Answer 21

hikkimori
uni students questionnaire
those predominant to dis low cultura conformity and global conformity

Socialisation and Globalization

Question 22

HL - Becker

Answer 22

fat fiji girls
tv caused insecurities for them

Globalisation , SCT

Question 23

HL - Chou and Edge

Answer 23

social media
friends happier than they are
more hours - sadder

Computers , Digital

Question 24

HL - Mueller and Oppenheimer

Answer 24

computers
memory notes
w laptop wo ..
no difference
same memorisation with laptop notes or written

Digital

Question 25

HL - Storm et AL

Answer 25

memory test 3 groups hard test w google wo google and no questions easy test told to not use google if use google they used again Digital

Question 26

english and mussweiler

Answer 26

19 young trial judges Given a rape case Suggested a low or high anchor , 2 months or 34 months Pilot study and data of actual average sentencing collected before 18 months sentence for low anchor and 28 months for high anchor Small sample size , low score of confidence True experiment allowing infer in the correlational relationship dual processing model

Question 27

Loftus and palmer

Answer 27

Car crash video leading questions with adjectives questionaire with 5 questions smash collided bumped hit severity results in different memory anchoring effect , reconstructive memory

Question 28

Newcomer et al

Answer 28

3 groups , 1 placebo , 40 mg cortisol daily , 160 mg cortisol daily read recite and memorise paragraph ( 4days) cortisol messes with memory , degredation of recall hormones

Question 29

Curtis et Al

Answer 29

nation wide british survey testing disgust as an evolutionary behaviour increased reaction when interacting with something that may be immunocomprimising asked to rate photos