Sperry

Question 1

What area or perspective is speedy from?

Answer 1

Biological

Question 2

state the assumptions of the biological area

Answer 2

• focus on how nature not nurture affects our behaviour

- reducing explanations of behaviour down to purley biological factors

Question 3

what is the key theme of sperrys study?

Answer 3

regions of the brain

Question 4

give the aim of sperrys study

Answer 4

• to test the effects of hemisphere disconection in humans

- specifically whether cognition, including perception and memory,differs between hemispheres

Question 5

what was the iv used in sperrys study?

Answer 5

whether participants had undergone a commisurotomy

Question 6

state the design used in sperrys study

Answer 6

repeated measures

Question 7

what was the DV of sperrys study?

Answer 7

the effect on the individuals performance in tests of cognition

Question 8

state the method of sperrys study

Answer 8

lab experiment

Question 9

give strengths of the method used in sperrys study

Answer 9

• lots of controls were used
• 0.1 second stimulus, symbols, pictures, words
• this ensured a cause and effect was established

Question 10

give weaknesses of the method used in sperrys study

Answer 10

• low mundane realism
• normally split brain patients compensate by mving both eyes
• ecological validity and usefulness is limited

Question 11

describe the sample used in sperrys study

Answer 11

• opportunity sample
• 11 split brain patients
• no background information but at least one was a women