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Decks in this class (31)

Social area (Areas)
Defining principle of the area,
Concepts within the area,
Which studies are in the area and...
5  cards
Core study one- Milligram (social area)
What was the aim of milligram s s...,
What is the background of milligr...,
What was the design of the experi...
28  cards
Core study two- Piliavin (soical area)
Background,
Aims,
Bystander apathy
28  cards
Developmental area (Areas)
Defining principles of the area,
Concepts within the area,
Which studies are in the area and...
5  cards
Core study three-Bandura (1961)- developmental area
What is the developmental area,
What was the predominant thought ...,
Aim
33  cards
Core study four-Kohlberg (developmental area)
Background,
Heteronomous moral reasoning,
Autonomous moral reasoning
33  cards
Contemporary study one- Chaney (Developmental area)
Background,
Aim,
Sample
32  cards
Contemporary study two- Lee (Developmental area)
Research method,
Strengths of cross sectional rese...,
Weaknesses of cross sectional res...
18  cards
Cognitive area (Areas)
Defining principles of the area,
Concepts within the area,
Which studies are in the area and...
5  cards
Core study five Moray-cognitive area
Background,
Cocktail party effect,
Dichotic listening
32  cards
Core study six-Loftus and Palmer (1974) Cogntive Area
Background of loftus and palmer,
Schema theory,
Reconstructive memory
28  cards
The Individual differences area (Areas)
Defining principles of the area,
Concepts within the area,
Which studies are in the area and...
5  cards
Core study seven-Freud (the individual difference area)
Freud s theory of psychosexual de...,
Stage one of pyschosexual develop...,
Stage two of pyschosexual develop...
46  cards
Core study eight- Gould (Individual differences area)
The names of the study,
Backgrounds to yerkes study,
Definition of intelligence
44  cards
Biological area (Areas)
Defining principles of the area,
Concepts within the area,
Which studies are in the area and...
5  cards
Core study nine-Sperry (Biological area)
Background sperry,
Lateralization of function,
Corpus callosum
30  cards
Core study ten- Blakemore and Copper (Biological area)
Background,
Visual cortex,
Startle response
27  cards
Debates- Individual/Situational
Individual explanations,
Situational explanations,
Strengths of claiming the behavio...
6  cards
Debates-Ethics
Ethics,
Informed consent,
Confidentiality
11  cards
Debates- Usefulness
What would it mean to say psychol...,
Arguments against useful research,
How can researchers avoid researc...
6  cards
Debates- Nature vs Nurture
Nature,
Nurture,
Interactionist
7  cards
Debates-Reductionism and Holism
Define holism,
Reductionism,
How is loftus and palmers study r...
10  cards
Debates-Conducting socially sensitive research
Socially sensitive research,
List aspects of human experience ...,
Farrington et al 1996
9  cards
Debates-Psychology as a science
The three features of a science,
Objectivity,
Falsifiability
10  cards
Debates-Freewill/Determinism
Free will,
Determinism,
Deterministic studies
8  cards
Perspectives- Behaviourism and Psychodyamic
Behaviorist perspectives,
Classical conditioning,
Operant conditioning
24  cards
Methodological Issues
Methodological issues,
Validity,
Ecological validity
10  cards
Experiments- research methods
Independent variable,
Dependent variable,
Level of significance
66  cards
Self report- research methods
Questionnaire,
Interviews,
Open questions
43  cards
Correlation- research methods
Define correlation,
Co variables,
Positive correlation
16  cards
Observations-research methods
Research aim,
Research question,
What do you need to consider when...
6  cards

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