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Key Features Of Science: RM
What is an empirical method,
What is objectivity,
What is subjectivity
9  cards
The Experimental Method: RM
What is an experiment,
What is a variable,
What is a dependant variable
7  cards
Experimental Design & Internal Validity: RM
What is experimental design,
What are the three types of designs,
What are extraneous variables
10  cards
Controlling EVs And Internal Validity: RM
What are experimental controls,
What are independent groups,
What are repeated measures
16  cards
Approaches 1 : Wundts
How did wundt start psychology,
What did wundts research lead to,
How did wundt make a contribution...
7  cards
External Validity And Sampling: RM
Define sampling,
How do you conduct random sampling,
How do you conduct systematic sam...
21  cards
Approaches 2: Behaviourism
What are the 4 assumptions of beh...,
Who was ivan pavlov,
Define classical conditioning
10  cards
Ethics: RM
What is the role of the bps code ...,
What are ethical guidelines,
What are ethical issues
22  cards
Types Of Experiments: RM
What is a lab experiment,
What is a field experiment,
What is a quasi experiment
15  cards
Meta Analysis:RM
What is meta analysis,
Why is a strength of meta analysi...,
Why is a strength of meta analysi...
4  cards
Peer Review: RM
What is peer review,
What is the role of peer review,
What does peer review always play...
5  cards
Pyschopathology: Treating Phobias
How to treat a phobia with flooding,
Define phobic stimulus,
How to treat a phobia with system...
11  cards
Approaches : Social Learning Theory
What do behaviourist believe abou...,
What are the assumptions of socia...,
What is imitation
14  cards
Psychopathology: Describing Phobias
How to treat a phobia with flooding,
What are emotional characteristic...,
What are the cognitive characteri...
3  cards
Psychopathology: Explaining Phobias
What research supports the behavi...,
What is a strength of the behavio...,
How does the success of social le...
7  cards
Social Influence: Types Of Explanation For Conformity
What is conformity majority influ...,
What is compliance,
How much power does compliance hold
15  cards
Social Influence : Asch’s Research Of Conformity
What is a limitation of asch s re...,
Why is temporal validity a limita...,
Explain why an advantage of asch ...
8  cards
Social Influence : Zimardo
What are conformity to social roles,
What was zimbardo s aim,
What were the two roles in zimbar...
10  cards
Social Influence : Situational Variables
How has milgrams research into si...,
Why are do demand characteristics...,
Why has milgrams research into th...
10  cards
Social Influence : Agentic State & Legitimacy Of Authority Milgrim
What research is there to support...,
What research support is there fo...,
Why might milgrams concept of the...
9  cards
Describing Depression
Outline emotional characteristics...,
Outline behavioural characteristi...,
Outline the cognitive characteris...
3  cards
Explaining Depression
What is ellis s abc model,
How has research challenged the c...,
Why is there an indirect research...
7  cards
Self Report Methods: Interviews
Why is a strength of open questio...,
Why is a limitation of open quest...,
Why is a limitation of interviews...
8  cards
Self Report Methods: Questionaires
Why is a strength of questionnair...,
Why is a limitation of questionna...,
What are self report techniques
13  cards
Social Influence : The Dispositional Explanations Of Obedience
What is the research to support t...,
What are the issues with the rese...,
Why for most social psychologists...
10  cards
Self Report Methods : Correlations
What is a correlation,
Outline the three types of correl...,
What is one way to analyse the co...
6  cards
Treating Depression
What is logical disputing example,
What is empirical disputing,
What is homework example
7  cards
The Cognitive Approach Part 2
How has the cognitive approach re...,
Why is a lack of external validit...,
What is a schema
10  cards
The Cognitive Approach Part 1
What is cognitive behavioural the...,
Why is a strength of the cognitiv...,
What are internal mental processes
5  cards
Social Influence: Resistance To Social Influence
What is locus of control,
What is an external locus of control,
What is internal locus of control
10  cards
Social Influence: Minority Influence
What is minority influence,
How powerful is minority influence,
How do minorities go about influe...
11  cards
Social Influence: Social Change
When does social change occur,
How does resisting social influen...,
What type of locus of control is ...
11  cards
Memory: Multi-Store Model
What is a multi store model,
What is coding eg,
What is capacity
16  cards
Approaches: The Biological Approach
What are the three main biologica...,
What does genotype refer to,
What does a phenotype refer to
9  cards
Memory: Types Of Long-Term Memory
What is tulvings theory of types ...,
What is episodic memory,
What is a semantic memory
7  cards
Biopsychology: Divisions Of The Nervous System
What is the nervous system made of,
What is the function of the nervo...,
What is the function of the centr...
18  cards
Memory: The Working Memory
Why is a limitation of the workin...,
What case study provides evidence...,
Explain how a strength of the wmm...
12  cards
Memory : Interference Theory
Why don t we forget,
Why does interference cause forge...,
What makes interference more or l...
10  cards
Biopsychology : The Structure And Functions Of Neurons
What are neuron s,
Describe the main structural feat...,
Describe the main structural feat...
13  cards
Biopsychology : Fight Or Flight
Outline the function of a fight o...,
Outline some of the physiological...,
How does the body coordinate a re...
5  cards
Biopsychology : The Endocrine System
Outline the function of the endoc...,
Outline glands and their function,
Outline hormones and their function
5  cards
Psychopathology : Describing OCD
What are the cognitive characteri...,
What are the emotional characteri...,
What are the behavioural characte...
4  cards
Psychopathology : Explaining OCD
What does the genetic explanation...,
What are the specific types of ca...,
Explain the diathesis stress mode...
7  cards
Psychopathology : Treating OCD
What is the main drug therapy for...,
How do ssris work,
How do ssris treat ocd
9  cards
Biopsychology : Synaptic Transmission
What is synaptic transmission,
Why does the functioning of a ner...,
Outline the process of synaptic t...
3  cards
Memory : Retrieval Failure
What is retrieval failure,
What are retrieval cues,
Explain how the encoding specific...
9  cards
Memory : Misleading Information Eyewitness Testimony
What is misleading information,
Define the two types of misleadin...,
How does misleading information a...
9  cards
Memory : Factors Effecting Eyewitness Testimony: Anxiety
Define anxiety,
Why do eyewitness testimony resea...,
Explain what the yerkes dodson la...
7  cards
Debates & Issues : Free Will & Determinism
Outline free will,
Outline determinism,
Outline hard determinism
10  cards
Memory : Cognitive Interview
What is cognitive interview,
What are the four techniques carr...,
What research support is there fo...
5  cards
Attatchment: Infant-caregiver Interactions
Define attachment,
Outline reciprocity,
Outline interactional synchrony
8  cards
Attachment : Stages Of Attachment
What is a strength of schaffers r...,
What is an issue with schaffers r...,
What is a challenge for schaffers...
6  cards
Approaches : Psychodynamic Approach
What is a strength of the psychod...,
What is a limitation of the psych...,
What has the psychodynamic approa...
8  cards
Attachment : Animal Studies
Outline lorenzes research,
Outline harlows research,
What is a strength of animal studies
5  cards
Social Influence : Milgram
What is obedience,
What is destructive obedience,
Outline the milgram procedure
4  cards

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