Key Studies
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Topic |
Subtopic that the study supports |
Study |
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Conformity |
Informational social influence |
1. Lucas |
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Normative social influence |
2. Asch |
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Variables that may affect conformity (Group size, unanimity, task difficulty) |
3. Asch’s variations |
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Conformity to social roles |
Conformity to social roles |
4. Zimbardo |
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Obedience |
Research into obedience |
5. Milgram |
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Situational variables that increase obedience (proximity, location, uniform) |
6. Milgram’s variations |
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The authoritarian personality and obedience |
7. Elms |
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Resistance to social influence |
Social support as an explanation for resisting social influence |
3. Asch’s variations |
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Locus of control and resisting social influence |
8. Holland |
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Minority influence |
Explanations for minority influence |
9. Moscovici |
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Social change |
Minorities and social change |
9. Moscovici |
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Conformity and social change |
10. Nolan |
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Topic |
Subtopic that the study supports |
Study |
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Multi-store model (MSM) |
The coding of short and long term memory |
1. Baddeley |
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The capacity of short term memory |
2. Jacobs |
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The capacity of long term memory |
3. Linton |
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The duration of short term memory |
4. Peterson and Peterson |
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The duration of long term memory |
5. Bahrick |
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Research supporting the MSM |
1. Baddeley |
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Research contradicting the MSM |
6. Shallice and Warrington (KF) |
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Types of long term memory |
Case studies to support different types of long term memory |
7. HM 8. Clive Wearing |
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Working memory model (WMM) |
Research supporting the WMM |
6. Shallice and Warrington (KF) |
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Explanations for forgetting |
Interference theory |
9. McGeoch and McDonald |
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Retrieval failure |
10. Godden and Baddeley 11. Carter and Cassaday |
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Factors affecting eyewitness testimony (EWT) |
Misleading information: Leading questions |
12. Loftus and Palmer |
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Misleading information: Post-event discussion |
13. Gabbert |
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Anxiety (reducing the accuracy) |
14. Loftus et al |
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Anxiety (increasing the accuracy) |
15. Yuille and Cutshall |
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Improving the accuracy of EWT |
Using the cognitive interview to increase the accuracy of EWT |
16. Kohnken |
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Topic |
Subtopic that the study supports |
Study |
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Introduction to attachment |
The formation of attachments |
1. Schaffer and Emerson |
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Animal studies of attachment |
Animal studies of attachment |
2. Lorenz 3. Harlow |
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Explanations of attachment |
Learning theory of attachment (contradictory research) |
1. Schaffer and Emerson 3. Harlow |
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Bowlby’s monotropic theory of attachment |
4. Brazelton |
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Bowlby’s theory of attachment (contradictory research) |
1. Schaffer and Emerson |
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Types of attachment |
Types of attachment |
5. Ainsworth |
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Cultural variations of type of attachment |
6. van Ijzendoorn |
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Breaking attachments |
Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis |
7. Bowlby |
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Institutionalisation |
8. Rutter |
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Attachment and later relationships |
The influence of early attachment on adult relationships |
9. Hazan and Shaver |
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Topic |
Subtopic that the study supports |
Study |
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The learning approach |
Classical conditioning |
1. Pavlov |
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Operant conditioning |
2. Skinner |
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Social learning theory |
3. Bandura |
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Topic |
Subtopic that the study supports |
Study |
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The behavioural approach and phobias |
Behavioural explanation of phobias |
1. Watson and Raynor |
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Behavioural treatment for phobias |
2. Gilroy |
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The cognitive approach and depression |
Cognitive explanation of depression |
3. Grazioli and Terry |
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Cognitive treatment for depression |
4. March |
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The biological approach and OCD |
Biological explanations of OCD |
5. Nestadt |
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Biological treatment for OCD |
6. Soomro |
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