Sociocultural Studies
Study which attempted to get university students to take shorter showers. First, they asked them to sign a poster; then the students were asked to take a survey about their current shower habits. Finally, the showers were monitored and those students' showers were in fact shorter.
What is Dickerson et al (1992)
Investigated role of leading questions in recall. Participants were shown a video of an accident. In 3 groups, they were asked differing questions, some more leading than others. Those who were led to reported more broken glass
What is Loftus and Palmer (1974)
Case study on a man who suffered a massive brain injury (frontal lobe) the man survived by his personality was drastically changed; became irritable and impulsive.
Dr. John Harlow (Phineas Gage)
Proxemic Theory; tested to see different cultures ideas on how much personal space is required to be comfortable.
Suggested the theory of the Flashbulb Memory. They interviewed participants about iconic moments in history and found that the individuals all had strong, vivid, emotional memories of those occasions
What is Brown and Kulik (1977)
Identical twins raised both apart and together were compared to each other in terms of intelligence. The study found that the concordance rate of intelligence in identical twins was much higher than fraternal or other siblings.
What is the Minnesota Twin Study (1990)
Study which carried out a review of 31 conformity studies and found a range in conformity levels between different cultures. used this method to see that higher levels of conformity were found in Oceania, South America and Asia
What is Smith and Bond (1993)
participants were asked to read and understand prose as well as memorize sequences of numbers. While memory was impaired while performing the dual task, it was still possible for them to complete both tasks.
What is Baddely and Hitch (1974)
Rats trained to go through a maze were then given either an acetylcholine (neurotransmitter) blocker or a chemical that blocked the chemical that "cleaned up" the acetylcholine. Some rats were given nothing. The rats with the acetylcholine blocker were much slower the second time around the maze
What is Martinez and Kesner (1991)
Study that found that American football coaches tended to credit their wins to internal factors such as hard work, ability, etc. and their failures to external factors, such as weather, refs, etc.
What is Lau and Russell
Two pathways to emotion in the brain: the short route through the thalamus and amygdala, and the long route that goes through the hippocampus and the frontal cortex the short route produces a quick emotional response while the long allows for more thought.
What is LeDoux
Tested whether there were patterns in people's disgust responses. Researchers found that the disgust response was strongest to things that could potentially affect and harm the immune system.
What is Curtis et al (2004)
Kandinsky vs Klee: boys were assigned randomly to a group based on these two artists; they were more likely to give higher awards to members of their own higher awards to members of their own group and rated their in-group as more like-able. They were also more likely to identify with group members.
What is Tajfel et al. (1971)
What is Speisman et al (1964)
Asked participants to look at human faces while undergoing a MRI. He found that the emotions expressed on the faces being looked at caused the brains of the subjects to stimulated-- there was increased activity in the limbic system
What is Marco Lacoboni (2004)