Social
What was Milgram's variation study experiment 10?
Changed location of original study to a rundown office in Bridgeport.
What was the aim of the contemporary study for this topic?
Measure contributions of episodic and semantic memories to recall objects in naturalistic scenes.
What were the type of murderers Raine used?
NGRI
What was the conclusion of the capafons study?
Systematic desensitisation is a highly effective treatment for fear of flying.
In dollars how much were the participants offered in Milgram's study?
$4.50
What are the three parts of the Social Impact Theory?
Srength
Immediacy
Number
How many ''items'' can the STM store
5-9
The dual-hormone hypothesis is an explanation for aggression. Which hormones are included?
Cortisol and Testosterone
What is spontaneous recovery?
When an extinct response reappears
Describe and explain the strength of variable ratio of reinforcement schedule
A reinforcer is given after an unpredictable number of behaviours and this helps lead to behaviour change which is hard to extinguish.
Describe the Authoritarian Personality ( refer to prejudice and obedience)
Harsh parenting leads to children developing personality traits such as toughness. These children grow up to be more submissive to authority. These children also grow up in fear and tend to vent all anger onto those who are socially inferior.
What were the four lists of ten words used in Baddeley's classic study?
Acoustically similar, Semantically similar and two control lists.
What are the names of the four lobes in the brain?
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
What is negative reinforcement?
When something unpleasant is removed following a behaviour.
What is one strength of flooding?
Quicker/cheaper
What were the three stages in Sherif's robbers cave experiment?
1- Group formation
2-Friction
3- Reducing Friction
What are the two parts of the Phonological loop?
1- phonological store
2-Articulatory control system
How many pairs of twins were used in Brendgens twin study?
234
Name the unconditioned stimuli, neutral stimuli and conditioned response in Watson and Rayners study
loud noise, white rat and he cried.
What are the four stages of social learning proposed by bandura?
1- Attention
2-Retention
3-Reproduction
4-Motivation
How many male and female participants were used in burgers study?
70 - 29 men and 41 women
Explain reconstructive memory using ''war of the ghosts'' study.
Memory is reconstructive not reproductive. We store memory in fragments and when we need to recall we build these fragments in a meaningful whole. This means some memory could be lost or distorted. War of the ghosts illustrates how the memory of the story was distorted with words being rationalised and the story being shortened.
Name three neurotransmitters
Dopamine Serotonin Acetyl Choline
Explain the stages in systematic desensitisation
Client constructs an anxiety hierarchy in order from least to most frightening. Client is then taught relaxation techniques such as breathing exercises and finally the client is exposed to the phobic stimulus whilst in a relaxed state.
Name 5 parts of a neuron
Any of: Dendrites, Soma, Nucleus, Myelin Sheath, Axon, Axon Terminal, Node of Ranvier