Explanations offered by Psychologists

You will sometimes need to be able to identify whether a Psychologist is making an individual explanation or a situation explanation.

 Explanations offered by the following Psychologists

• Milgram's Obedience Study - Situational. Milgram explains obedience through the presence of an authority figure.
• Zimbardo's Prison Study - Situational. Zimbardo explains conformity through the allocation of roles given to the participants.
• Raine's Murderers' Brains Study- Individual. Raine explains his Participants' aggression through a lack of activity in the parts of the brain associated with violence.
• Thigpen and Cleckley's Multiple Personality Study - Individual. Thigpen and Cleckley explain Eve White's strange behaviour through the diagnosis of a Multiple Personality Disorder.