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conformity
What is conformity,
What two types of motivation to c...,
Which two researchers categorised...
13  cards
asch
When did asch conduct his experiment,
Descr,
Describe asch s experiment
20  cards
psychology as a science
What was physcology considered a ...,
Where does the word psychology st...,
What did descartes suggest
23  cards
behaviourism
What did behaviourists change the...,
Why did psychologists change the ...,
In what state behaviourists belie...
11  cards
pavlov
What animals did pavlov use in hi...,
What feature of behaviourism did ...,
What did pavlov notice
12  cards
little albert
Who was the little albert experim...,
What did they demonstrate,
How old was albert
11  cards
skinner
What type of conditioning did ski...,
What is the law of effect,
What is the basis for operant con...
22  cards
social learning theory
Who developed social learning theory,
How do people learn according to ...,
What are the two types of models
26  cards
cognitive approach
What does the cognitive approach ...,
How do psychologists gain insight...,
What research methods do cognitiv...
18  cards
biological approach
What do biological pyschologists ...,
Name some biological factors,
What part of evolution do pyschol...
24  cards
cognitive neuroscience
What does cognitive neuroscience ...,
What are the research methods use...,
What is a lesion study
13  cards
types of data
What is quantitative data,
What is qualitative data,
What is an advantage of quantitiv...
13  cards
measures of central tendancy
What do measures of central tende...,
What are the three measures of ce...,
How is the mean calculated
10  cards
measures of dispersion
What are measures of dispersion,
What is the easiest measure of di...,
What are the pros of using the range
8  cards
graphs
Why are graphs and charts useful,
What is raw data,
What data are bar charts used for
11  cards
ethics
When are there ethical issues in ...,
Who created a list of ethical gui...,
What is informed consent
21  cards
experiments
Why is an experiment regarded as ...,
What are the features of a true e...,
What is a lab experiment
19  cards
aims
What is the starting phrase of an...,
How would you begin an experiment...,
How would you begin a correlation...
3  cards
hypothesises
How operationalised should hypoth...,
Why should hypothesises be fully ...,
What is a directional aim
6  cards
variables
What is the iv,
What is the dv,
What do variables feature in
9  cards
experimental designs
What is independent groups design,
What is repeated measures design,
What is matched pairs design
11  cards
sampling
What is a population,
What is a target group,
Why are sampling methods used
19  cards
distrobutions
What does a normal distribution l...,
When is a distribution skewed,
What way does a positively skewed...
6  cards

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