SAQ Studies

Question 1

Newcomer et. al

Answer 1

Tested effect of stress hormone cortisol on learning and memory.

Question 2

Milner and Scoville(1957)

Answer 2

HM Case Study- medically induced anterograde amnesia.

Question 3

Martinez & Kesner(1991)

Answer 3

Determined role of Nt Ach on memory formation.

Question 4

Dabbs et. al

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Investigated role of testosterone on behavior(more specifically aggression).

Question 5

Freeman and Fraser(1966)

Answer 5

Studied the foot-in-the-door compliance technique.

Question 6

Maguire et. al

Answer 6

Looked at the changes in London Taxi driver’s brains and investigated the role of the hippocampus in spatial memory.

Question 7

Iacoboni(2004)

Answer 7

Studied mirror neurons by using and MRI scanner and facial expressions.

Question 8

Scarr and Weinberg(1976)

Answer 8

Investigated IQ differences in children who were adopted or biological.

Question 9

Fessler(2006)

Answer 9

Hypothesised that pregnant women adapted to have disgust to protect weak immune system.

Question 10

Dr. Money(1974)

Answer 10

Investigated the basis and malleability of gender identity.

Question 11

Loftus et. Palmer(1974)

Answer 11

Tested to see how leading questions affected eyewitness memory.

Question 12

Bartlett-“War of the Ghosts”

Answer 12

Looked into how social and cultural factors can influence schemas and hence cause memory distortions.

Question 13

Clive Wearing-Sacks(2007)

Answer 13

Studied man(Mr. Wearing) with anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

Question 14

Asch(1951)

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To asses conformity in a non-ambiguous task.

Question 15

Zimbardo(Stanford Prison Experiment)

Answer 15

Tried to prove that situational factors affected behavior.

Question 16

Ross et al. (1977)

Answer 16

To see if the participants would make the FAE even when they knew that all the actors were simply playing a role.

Question 17

Johnson et. al

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Investigated the effect of pupils’ learning on teachers’ SSB.

Question 18

Cialdini et. al(1976)

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To investigate the tendency for people to associate oneself publicly with successful others(BIRG).

Question 19

Tajfel(1070)- the minimal group paradigm

Answer 19

Demonstrated the minimal group paradigm by creating in-group bias.

Question 20

Aronson and Steele(1995)

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To investigate the effect of stereotype threat on performance in test.

Question 21

Gergely(2002)

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To investigate if younger children can learn/acquire behavior through observational learning.

Question 22

Cialdini(1974)

Answer 22

Demonstration of low-balling technique at university setting.