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1.1: Conformity (majority influence)
Conformity,
Compliance,
Identification
40  cards
1.2: Informational social influence (ISI)
Humans have a basic need to feel ...,
Humans have a basic need to feel ...,
Humans have a basic need to feel ...
59  cards
1.2: Normative social influence (NSI)
Normative social influence nsi is...,
Individuals want others to do wha...,
Individuals want others to like a...
31  cards
1.2: Arthur Jenness (1932)
Originally conducted as an invest...,
Originally conducted as an invest...,
Originally conducted as an invest...
32  cards
1.2: Solomon Asch (1955) + Mori and Arai (2010)
Solomon asch was a what,
Solomon asch a polish immigrant t...,
Solomon asch a polish immigrant t...
110  cards
1.3: Situational variables
Situational variables,
Research into majority influence ...,
Research into majority influence ...
65  cards
1.4: Conformity to social roles and Philip Zimbardo (1973)
Social roles,
Each social situation has its own...,
Each social situation has its own...
147  cards
1.5: Obedience
Obedience,
Obedience is a type of what,
Obedience is a type of social inf...
51  cards
1.5: Stanley Milgram (1963)
What was the aims of milgrams obe...,
The method and procedure of milgr...,
The method and procedure of milgr...
88  cards
1.5: Ethical considerations
Milgrams study raised several eth...,
Milgrams study raised several eth...,
Milgrams study raised several eth...
48  cards
1.5: Methodological criticisms
Several methodological criticisms...,
Several methodological criticisms...,
Internal validity internal validi...
45  cards
1.5: Jerry Burger (2009)
What is one of the most famous ps...,
Milgrams study is one of the most...,
Milgrams study is one of the most...
36  cards
1.5: Charles Hofling et al. (1966)
A number of naturalistic obedienc...,
The aim of hoflings study was to ...,
The method and procedure of hofli...
22  cards
1.6: The agentic state
Explanations of obedience attempt...,
Explanations of obedience attempt...,
Explanations of obedience attempt...
48  cards
1.7: The external explanation
What are the 3 situational factors,
Situational variables form a what...,
Situational variables form an ext...
28  cards
1.7: The internal explanation
Dispositional explanation,
The dispositional explanation is ...,
The dispositional explanation is ...
48  cards
1.8: Social support
Resistance to social influence,
Resistance to social influence in...,
Resistance to social influence in...
51  cards
1.8: Locus of control
Locus of control,
Locus of control was identified a...,
Locus of control was identified a...
59  cards
1.8: Other factors involved in the resistance of obedience
Systematic processing,
Systematic processing individuals...,
Systematic processing individuals...
24  cards
1.9: Behavioural style - Consistency and commitment
Minority influence,
Minority influence leads to what,
Minority influence leads to inter...
32  cards
1.9: Serge Moscovici et al. (1969)
Serge moscovici claimed that if m...,
Serge moscovici claimed that if m...,
Serge moscovici claimed that if m...
45  cards
1.9: Flexibility
Consistent minorities who are wha...,
Consistent minorities who are inf...,
Consistent minorities who are inf...
17  cards
1.10: Social change
Social change,
Social norms,
Social change involves the way in...
48  cards
2.1: The MSM and the sensory register (SR)
The multi store model msm,
The multi store model msm is an e...,
The multi store model msm is an e...
185  cards
2.1: Short-term memory (STM)
Short term memory stm,
Short term memory stm is what is ...,
What is the capacity of the short...
105  cards
2.1: Alan Baddeley (1966)
Baddeley gave what to how many gr...,
Baddeley gave different lists of ...,
Baddeley gave different lists of ...
27  cards
2.1: Long-term memory (LTM)
Long term memory ltm,
Long term memory ltm is the poten...,
Ltms tend to be coded how
89  cards
2.2: The WMM and the central executive (CE)
A limitation of the multi store m...,
A limitation of the multi store m...,
A limitation of the multi store m...
117  cards
2.2: The phonological loop (PL)
Phonological loop pl,
The phonological loop pl is a com...,
The phonological loop pl deals wi...
40  cards
2.2: The visuo-spatial sketchpad (VSS)
The visuo spatial sketchpad vss o...,
The visuo spatial sketchpad vss o...,
The visuo spatial sketchpad vss o...
31  cards
2.2: The episodic buffer
Episodic buffer eb,
Who what year added a 3rd slave s...,
Baddeley 2000 added a 3rd slave s...
20  cards
2.3: Episodic LTM
As we have seen a major limitatio...,
As we have seen a major limitatio...,
The working memory model shows th...
94  cards
2.3: Semantic LTM
Semantic memory sm,
Memories from the semantic memory...,
Semantic ltm is another type of w...
45  cards
2.3: Procedural LTM
Procedural memory pm,
Procedural memory pm is a type of...,
Procedural memory pm is a type of...
42  cards
2.4: Interference theory (IT)
Forgetting,
Retrieval failure,
Interference or interference theo...
96  cards
2.4: Cue-dependent forgetting (CDF)
Cue dependent forgetting cdf,
The reason we forget is due to what,
The reason we forget is due to in...
125  cards
2.4: Repression
Repression,
Another important explanation of ...,
Another important explanation of ...
29  cards
2.4: Eyewitness testimony (EWT)
Eyewitness testimony ewt,
Schema,
The guilt or innocence of people ...
28  cards
2.5: Misleading information
Several factors have been identif...,
Several factors have been identif...,
Misleading information
69  cards
2.5: Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer (1974)
What was the aim of loftus and pa...,
The method and procedure of loftu...,
The method and procedure of loftu...
37  cards
2.5: Anxiety
Anxiety,
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of...,
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of...
145  cards
2.6: The cognitive interview (CI)
Real life application what psycho...,
Real life application what psycho...,
Real life application what psycho...
57  cards
2.6: The enhanced cognitive interview (ECI)
Enhanced cognitive interview eci,
Who what year suggested an amende...,
Fisher and geiselman 1987 suggest...
58  cards
3.1: Caregiver-infant interactions in humans
Precocial animals,
Precocial animals are animals bor...,
Precocial animals are animals bor...
133  cards
3.1: Stages of attachment development
Who what year showed how the comm...,
Schaffer 1996 showed how the comm...,
Schaffer 1996 showed how the comm...
84  cards
3.1: Rudi Schaffer and Peggy Emerson (1964)
When was schaffer and emersons st...,
What were the aims of schaffer an...,
What was the method and procedure...
75  cards
3.1: The role of the father
Traditionally fathers only played...,
Traditionally fathers only played...,
Traditionally fathers only played...
108  cards
3.2: Animal studies of attachment
Imprinting,
Much early research into attachme...,
Much early research into attachme...
15  cards
3.2: Konrad Lorenz (1935) - Imprinting
When did konrad lorenz first obse...,
When did lorenzs study of attachm...,
What was the aim of lorenzs study...
49  cards
3.2: Harry Harlow (1959) - Even baby monkeys need comfort more than food
What was the aim of harlows study...,
What was the method and procedure...,
The method and procedure of harlo...
56  cards
3.2: Other research
Who what year raised newborn monk...,
Harlow et al 1965 raised newborn ...,
Harlow et al 1965 raised newborn ...
24  cards
3.3: Learning theory
What are 2 explanations for attac...,
What is the learning theory also ...,
Learning theory
130  cards
3.3: Bowlby's monotropic theory (1951, 1969, 1973)
What did john bowlby 1907 1990 ha...,
John bowlby 1907 1990 had a lifet...,
Monotropic theory
136  cards
3.4: Ainsworth et al's 1978 'Strange Situation'
What influenced mary ainsworth,
Bowlbys monotropic theory influen...,
Ainsworth identified how many imp...
100  cards
3.4: Cultural variations in attachment
Cultural variations,
If bowlbys belief that attachment...,
If bowlbys belief that attachment...
17  cards
3.4: Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988)
When did van ijzendoorn and kroon...,
The strange situation was designe...,
What was the aim of van ijzendoor...
26  cards
3.5: Short-term separation
Bowlbys theory of monotropy belie...,
Bowlbys theory of monotropy belie...,
Bowlbys theory of monotropy belie...
45  cards
3.5: Long-term deprivation
Long term deprivation involves le...,
Long term deprivation involves le...,
Long term deprivation involves le...
8  cards
3.5: Privation
Privation concerns children who h...,
Privation concerns children who h...,
Privation concerns children who h...
8  cards
3.5: Institutionalisation
Institutional care,
Affectionless psychopathy,
Bowlbys maternal deprivation hypo...
11  cards
3.5: Romanian orphan studies
What do orphan studies concern,
Orphan studies concern children p...,
Oconnor et al 1999 reported that ...
17  cards
3.6: Childhood relationships
Psychologists have been intereste...,
Psychologists have been intereste...,
Psychologists have been intereste...
9  cards
3.6: Adult relationships
Research suggests that individual...,
Adult relationships,
Adult relationships are those rel...
8  cards
3.6: Cindy Hazan and Phillip Shaver (1987)
What was the aim of hazan and sha...
1  cards
4.1: The deviation from social norms definition
If sanity and insanity exist how ...,
Abnormality,
Abnormality is difficult to defin...
16  cards
4.1: The failure to function adequately definition
Failure to function adequately,
The failure to function adequatel...,
The failure to function adequatel...
20  cards
4.1: Deviation from the ideal mental health definition
The deviation from the ideal ment...,
The deviation from the ideal ment...,
The deviation from the ideal ment...
16  cards
4.1: The statistical infrequency definition
What is the idea of the statistic...,
The idea of the statistical infre...,
The idea of the statistical infre...
11  cards
4.2: Phobias
What are 3 of the most common dis...,
Phobias depression and ocd are 3 ...,
Phobias depression and ocd are 3 ...
76  cards
4.2: Depression
Depression,
Unipolar depression,
Bipolar depression
119  cards
4.2: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Ocd,
Ocd is an anxiety disorder charac...,
Ocd is an anxiety disorder charac...
87  cards
4.2: The explanation and treatment of mental disorders
Behavioural approach,
Cognitive approach,
Biological approach
3  cards
4.3: Explaining phobias
Two process model,
According to behaviourists phobia...,
According to behaviourists phobia...
46  cards
4.3: Treating phobias
When did behavioural therapies ma...,
What is the main assumption of th...,
The main assumption of the behavi...
53  cards
4.4: Explaining depression
According to sane what is estimated,
How can individuals overcome ment...,
Individuals can overcome mental d...
72  cards
4.4: Treating depression
What is the main psychological tr...,
Cognitive behavioural therapy cbt...,
Cognitive behavioural therapy cbt...
64  cards
4.4: Contemporary research
0  cards
4.5: Genetic explanations
Biological approach,
What is the biological approach a...,
The biological approach is also k...
43  cards
4.5: Contemporary research
0  cards
4.5: Neural explanations
Neural explanation,
What have some forms of ocd been ...,
Some forms of ocd have been linke...
37  cards
4.5: The biological approach to treating OCD
Biological treatments are based o...,
Drug therapy,
Drug therapy is treatment involvi...
47  cards
4.5: Contemporary research COPY
0  cards
4.5: Other treatments
What does psychosurgery involve d...,
Psychosurgery involves destroying...,
Psychosurgery involves destroying...
17  cards
5.1: Wundt
0  cards
5.1: The emergence of psychology as a science
0  cards
5.1: The approaches
0  cards
5.2: Basic assumptions
0  cards
5.2: The influence of genes on behaviour
0  cards
5.2: Biological structures
0  cards
5.2: Neurochemistry
0  cards
5.3: The behaviourist approach
0  cards
5.3: Social learning theory
0  cards
5.3: Classic research
0  cards
5.4: Mental processes
0  cards
5.4: Classic research
0  cards
6.1: The central nervous system (CNS)
0  cards
6.1: The peripheral nervous system (PNS)
0  cards
6.2: The process of synaptic transmission
0  cards
6.3: The influence of neurochemistry on behaviour: The function of the endocrine system
0  cards
6.4: The fight-or-flight response, including the role of adrenaline
0  cards
6.5: Classic case study
0  cards
6.5: Hemispheric lateralisation
0  cards
6.5: Motor centres
0  cards
6.5: Contemporary case study
0  cards
6.5: Split-brain research
0  cards
6.5: Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma
0  cards
6.5: Contemporary case study COPY
0  cards
6.5: Contemporary research
0  cards
6.6: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
0  cards
6.6: Electroencephalogram (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs)
0  cards
6.6: Post-mortem examinations
0  cards
6.7: Circadian rhythms
0  cards
6.7: Infradian rhythms
0  cards
6.7: Ultradian rhythms
0  cards
6.7: Classic research
0  cards
7.1: The experimental method
The experimental method,
The experimental method is a rese...,
Variable
58  cards
7.1: Types of experiment
Laboratory experiments,
An example of a laboratory experi...,
Advantages of laboratory experime...
70  cards
7.1: Observational techniques
Observations involve doing what,
Observations involve watching and...,
Observations involve watching and...
63  cards
7.1: Observational design
Naturalistic observations,
Behavioural categories,
There are several ways in which d...
45  cards
7.1: Self-report techniques
Self report techniques,
Questionnaires,
With questionnaires respondents r...
151  cards
7.1: Correlational studies
Experiments look for what,
Experiments look for a difference...,
Experiments look for a difference...
49  cards
7.1: Case studies
Case studies,
Case studies are in depth detaile...,
Case studies allow researchers to...
30  cards
7.2: Aims
A research aim,
A research aim is a precise state...,
An aim should include what
3  cards
7.2: Hypotheses
Hypothesis,
A hypothesis is a precise testabl...,
A hypothesis is a precise testabl...
23  cards
7.2: Sampling
Sampling,
Reducing it each time population ...,
In psychological research studies...
35  cards
7.2: Pilot studies
Pilot studies,
Pilot studies are small scale pra...,
Pilot studies are small scale pra...
6  cards
7.2: Experimental designs
What are the 3 experimental designs,
Independent groups design igd,
The independent groups design igd...
15  cards
7.2: Ethical issues
Ethical issues,
Ethics can be defined as what,
It is important to adhere to ethi...
72  cards
7.2: The implications of psychological research for the economy
0  cards
7.2: Reliability
0  cards
7.2: Validity
0  cards
7.2: Features of science
0  cards
7.3: Quantitative and qualitative data
0  cards
7.3: Primary and secondary data
0  cards
7.3: Meta-analysis
0  cards
7.3: Content analysis
Content analysis,
Content analysis is a method of q...,
Content analysis is a method of q...
13  cards
7.3: Thematic analysis
Thematic analysis,
Thematic analysis is a method of ...,
Thematic analysis is a method of ...
14  cards
7.3: Descriptive statistics
0  cards
7.3: Presentation of quantitative data
0  cards
7.3: Distributions
0  cards
7.3: Introduction to statistical testing
0  cards
7.3: Analysis and interpretation of correlation
0  cards
7.4: Levels of measurement
0  cards
7.4: Probability and significance
0  cards
7.4: Statistical tests
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