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Decks in this class (42)

Experimental Design
What is an experimental design 1,
What is an independent groups des...,
What is the definition for repeat...
26  cards
Control of Variables
What is an extraneous variable 1,
What is a confounding variable 2,
What is demand characteristics 3
7  cards
Types of Experiments
What is validity 1,
What is reliability 2,
What is mundane realism 3
16  cards
Sampling Techniques
What is the definition for random...,
What is the definition for strati...,
What is the definition for system...
15  cards
Ethical Issues & How to Deal With Them
What are ethical issues 1,
What is the bps code of ethics 2,
What does dripp stand for 3
27  cards
Observations: Technique & Design
What is naturalistic observation 1,
What is controlled observation 2,
What is covert observation 3
25  cards
Self-Report: Technique & Design
What is a questionnaire 1,
What is an open question 2,
What is a closed question 3
16  cards
Data Handling & Types of Data
What is qualitative data 1,
What is quantitative data 2,
What are the positives of qualita...
11  cards
Correlations
What are correlation techniques 1,
What words are associated with co...,
What words are associated with ex...
7  cards
Peer review and the economy
What is peer reviewing 1,
What are the steps for a peer rev...,
What is the economy 3
4  cards
Descriptive Stats
What is the advantage of the mean 1,
What is the advantage of the medi...,
What is the advantage of the mode 3
11  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study 1,
What are the strengths of case st...,
What are the weaknesses of case s...
5  cards
Origins of Psychology
What is the definition of psychol...,
What is the definition of science 2,
What is the definition of introsp...
19  cards
Psychodynamics Approach
What is the psychodynamic approach 1,
What is the unconscious 2,
What is the id 3
26  cards
Behaviourist Approach
John B Watson, remind me of Wallace, from Wallace and Gromit and gromit, you have the dog (pavlovs dog) and they love cheese (like skinners rats)
18  cards
Social Learning Theory
What is the social learning theory 1,
What is imitation 2,
What is modelling 3
12  cards
The cognitive approach
What is the definition of the cog...,
What are the internal mental proc...,
What is a schema 3
14  cards
The Biological approach
Who was phineas gage and how did ...,
What is the biological approach 2,
What are some medicines that can ...
18  cards
Humanistic approach
Why are you unable to generalise ...,
What is free will 2,
Who founded the humanistic approa...
13  cards
Comparisons of Approaches
Main focus of behaviourist 1,
Main focus of cognitive 2,
Main focus of biological 3
41  cards
Gender Bias in Psychology
What is universality 1,
What is gender bias 2,
What is androcentrism 3
15  cards
Cultural bias
What is cultural bias 1,
What is ethnocentrism 2,
What is cultural relativism 3
12  cards
Holism vs Reductionism
What is holism 1,
What is reductionism 2,
What is biological reductionism 3
10  cards
Free will vs Determinism debate
What is free will 1,
What is determinism 2,
What is hard determinism 3
16  cards
Nature vs Nurture
What is the nature nurture debate 1,
What is heredity 2,
What is the environment 3
14  cards
Nomothetic vs Idiographic
What is the idiographic approach 1,
What is the nomothetic approach 2,
What are some methods of investig...
12  cards
Ethical implications in research
The whole is greater than the sum...,
What are ethical implications 2,
What is social sensitivite resear...
10  cards
Conformity
What is conformity 1,
What is internalisation 2,
What is identification 3
9  cards
Asch's research into conformity
What was the aim of asch experime...,
What was the type of experiment o...,
What were the variables in asch e...
13  cards
Zimbardo's research into conformity
What is dispositional 1,
What is situational 2,
What is deindividualization 3
12  cards
Milgrams research into obedience
What is obedience 1,
What is internal validity 2,
What is external validity 3
18  cards
Milgram’s Situational Variables
What were the three situational v...,
What is proximity within milgram ...,
What is location within milgram s...
10  cards
Explaining obedience: social psychological factors
What is an agentic state 1,
What is an autonomous state 2,
What is legitimacy of authority 3
9  cards
Explaining Obedience: Dispositional (personality) Factors
What is dispositional 1,
What is an authoritarian personal...,
Who first proposed authoritarian ...
12  cards
Resisting social influence
What are the two explanations of ...,
What is locus of control 2,
What is internal locus of control 3
11  cards
Minority influence
What is minority influence 1,
Why does minority influence take ...,
What are the three factors that e...
14  cards
Social change
What is social change 1,
Negative example of social change 2,
Positive example of social change 3
15  cards
Coding, Capacity and Duration
What are the three main types of ...,
What is the order of events in ho...,
What is duration of memory 3
14  cards
Research into memory
What was the method for peterson ...,
What was the result for peterson ...,
What type of experiment did peter...
25  cards
Multi-store-model
Who developed the multi store mod...,
What is the multi store model 2,
What are the two main stores when...
9  cards
The Working Memory Model
Researchers baddeley hitch 1974 q...,
What is the working memory model 2,
What are the 6 sections of the wo...
10  cards
Types of LTM
What is episodic memory 1,
What is semantic memory 2,
What is procedural memory 3
11  cards

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