Criminology Studies
Criminology Terms
Social Influence Studies
Social Influence Terms
General Knowledge
100

Who were the participants of the Culture of Honor Study? 

148 male white college students, half from the South, half from the North

100
What is the difference between a hormone and a neurotransmitter?

Hormones are chemical messengers transmitted through blood while neurotransmitters are translated through neurons.

100

Who conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform?

Asch et al.

100

What are cultural norms?

Beliefs shared by a cultural group about the appropriate ways to think and act
100

What is a confounding variable?

A variable that effects the DV that was not intended.

200

What were the 3 groups studied in the Vietnam Head Injury Study?

1) Veterans with damage to the frontal lobe

2) Damage to other areas of the brain

3) No brain damage

200

What is heritability?

How much of a behaviour is a product of genes

200
What procedure did the Bond and Smith study follow?

Used surveys to measure the relative individualism-collectivism rating of 17 different countries.

200
What is cultural transmission?

The process of learning cultural norms

200

Define bidirectional ambiguity.

When the DV could be effecting the IV.
300

What was the conclusion of Passamonti et al.?

A reduction of serotonin tends to cause a reduction of activity in the prefrontal cortex

300

What is Neural Pruning?

The process through which we lose synaptic connections in a neural network as they are not used
300

Which subjects did Berry et al. use?

Tenme people of Sierra Leonne (collectivist) and Inuits of Baffin Islands (individualist)
300

What is conformity?

Behaving in a way that is socially accepted and expected

300

Define Psychology.

The scientific study of behavior and internal mental process.

400

What were 3 methods used in the SM study to measure fear?

1) Visited a pet shop and had her hold snakes and spiders

2) Gave her questionnaires to report her emotions

3) Interviewed her

4) Experience sampling

5) Took her through a haunted house

400
Define Neuroplasticity.

The phenomenon of the brain developing new neural pathways as a result of repeated experiences.

400

What was the Barry et al. study?

A cross cultural study on economic systems and child training practices

400
What is Normative Social Influence?
When someone changes their behaviour to conform with social norms due to fear of being left out of a group.
400

What is spurious correlation?

A connection between two variables that appears to be causal but is not. The relationship could e coincidental or caused by a third-confounding variable.

500

Who studied the role of the amygdala in the fear response of monkeys?

Weiskrantz et al.

500

What are the 3 steps of the cognitive process?

Processing - Judgement - Decision Making 

500
What was the aim of Lamm et al. 

To investigate cross-cultural differences in child training practices.

500

What are Hofstede's 6 Cultural Dimensions?

Power distance index, Individualism vs. Collectivism, Uncertainty avoidance index, Masculinity vs. Feminity, Long-term vs. Short-term orientation, Indulgence vs. Restraint

500

What are the 4 types of variables in a study?

Independent, dependant, extraneous and confounding

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