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Decks in this class (73)

Social influence (Types of conformity)
When and who proposed the 3 diffe...,
Compliance 2,
Conformity 3
5  cards
Social influence (explanations for conformity)
Normative social influence normat...,
Informational social influence 2
2  cards
Social influence (variables affecting conformity)
Asch 1956 line test 1,
Asch procedure 1956 2,
Asch findings 1956 3
9  cards
Social Influence(Conformity to social roles)
Stanford prison experiment proced...,
Stanford prison experiment findin...,
Presence of demand characteristic...
5  cards
Social Influence(situational variables affecting obedience)
Milgram procedure 1,
Milgram findings 2,
Internal validity lack of realism 3
7  cards
Social influence(agentic state and legitimacy to authority)
Agentic state 1,
Agentic shift 2,
Reasons for this self image at th...
11  cards
Social influence(The authoritarian personality)
Authoritarian personality charact...,
The f scale 2,
Right wing authoritarianism 3
13  cards
Social Influence(resistance to social influence)
Social support 1,
Asch idea of social support and r...,
Social support and resisting obed...
11  cards
Social influence(minority influence)
Minority influence 1,
Consistency 2,
Commitment 3
10  cards
Social influence(social influence processes in social change)
How many points are there for the...,
1drawing attention to an issue 2,
Good example of social change thr...
12  cards
Memory (short-term and long-term memory)
What is short term memory 1,
Long term memory 2,
Capacity 3
12  cards
Memory (multi-store model of memory)
How was the msm first described 1,
Sensory register 2,
In which direction does informati...
10  cards
Memory (the working memory model)
Who and when and what created the...,
How many components to the wmm 2,
What is the phonological loop 3
12  cards
Memory (types of long-term memories)
Vvwhat did endel tulving suggest 1,
What is a episodic memory 2,
What is a semantic memory 3
9  cards
Memory (explanations for forgetting - interference
Why do we forget memories 1,
Interference theory 2,
Proactive interference brief 3
8  cards
Memory (explanations for forgetting - retrieval failure)
What is the main point for forget...,
What are cues 2,
Encoding specificity principle 3
10  cards
Memory (Accuracy of eyewitness testimony: anxiety)
Anxiety s effect on eyewitness te...,
Key study johnson and scott 1976 2,
Procedure 1976 johnson and scott 3
11  cards
Memory(the cognitive interview)
Mental reinstatement of original ...,
Geiselman developed the cognitive...,
Report everything 2
5  cards
Attachment (Caregiver-infant interactions)
What is reciprocity 1,
What did brazelton 1977 suggest a...,
What is interactional synchrony 3
6  cards
Attachment (the development of attachment)
Who when and why for stages of at...,
Stage 1 indiscriminate attachment 2,
Stage 2 beginnings of attachment 3
10  cards
Attachment (animal studies - Lorenz)
Lorenz procedure 1935 1,
Lorenz findings 2,
Noticed long lasting effects 3
5  cards
Attachment (animal studies - Harlow)
Harlow 1959 1,
Harlow procedure 2,
Harlow findings 3
5  cards
Attachment (Explanation of attachment: learning theory)
This as a learning theory of atta...,
What is classical conditioning 2,
In attachment who is the ns 3
15  cards
Attachment (explanations of attachment: Bowlby's theory)
Why attachments form 1,
Bowlby s theory also explains how...,
Why attachment forms social relea...
10  cards
Attachment (Ainsworth's strange situation)
Why did ainsworth set up the stra...,
Secure attachment 2,
Insecure avoidant attachment 3
11  cards
Attachment (cultural variations in attachment)
Collectivist culture 1,
Individualistic culture 2,
1988 van ijzendoorn and kroonenbe...
8  cards
Attachment (role of the father)
Schaffer and emerson found basic 1,
Biological factors 2,
Social factors 3
4  cards
Attachment (theory of maternal deprivation: Bowlby's theory)
What did bowlby say about prolong...,
Before bowlby s findings it was u...,
How did bowlby counter the idea o...
9  cards
Attachment(Romanian orphan studies; effects of institutionalisation)
Rutter and sonuga barke studies p...,
Rutter and sonuga barke findings 2,
Other research findings 3
9  cards
Attachment(influence of early attachment)
Role of internal working model 1,
Key study hazen and shaver of tes...,
Key study hazen and shaver of tes...
6  cards
Approaches(origins of psychology)
Wilhelm wundt 1832 1920 1879 1,
Introspection 2,
The emergence of psychology as a ...
12  cards
Approaches(the behaviourist approach)
The behaviourist approach focuses...,
What is a behaviourist 2,
Ian pavlov and classical conditio...
21  cards
Approaches(social learning theory)
Modelling 1,
Live model 2,
Symbolic model 3
12  cards
Approaches(cognitive approach)
The cognitive approach studies 1,
These mental processes may include 2,
The cognitive approaches recognis...
11  cards
Approaches(biological approach)
Genotype 1,
Phenotype 2,
Genes and the influence of behavi...
13  cards
Approaches(humanistic approach)
What does the humanistic approach...,
Maslow s theory 2,
Maslow s hierarchy of needs 3
9  cards
Psychopathology(definitions of abnormalities)
Statistical infrequency 1,
Deviation from social norms 2,
Some behaviours are seen as desir...
11  cards
Psychopathology(mental disorders)
Ocd 1,
Ocd emotional characteristics 2,
Ocd cognitive characteristics 3
12  cards
Psychopathology(behavioural approach to explaining phobias)
Proposes that phobias are learnt ...,
Initiation of classical condition...,
Classical conditioning process of...
7  cards
Psychopathology(behavioural approach to treating phobias)
There are two therapies discussed...,
Counterconditioning 2,
Relaxation in sd 3
9  cards
Psychopathology(cognitive approach to explaining depression)
Ellis believed that a mental diso...,
Ellis abc model 2,
A ellis model 3
13  cards
Psychopathology(CBT to treating depression)
Challenging irrational thoughts 1,
Homework 2,
Cbt often involves behavioral act...
6  cards
Research methods(writing aims and hypothesis)
Directional hypothesis 1,
Non directional 2,
Operationalised 3
4  cards
Research methods(the experimental method)
Blank 1
1  cards
Research methods(sampling)
Opportunity sampling 1,
Opportunity sampling strengths 2,
Opportunity sampling limitations 3
10  cards
Research methods(investigator effects)
What is investigator effects 1,
Researchers characteristics 2,
Researchers behaviour 3
5  cards
Research methods(variables)
Extraneous variables 1,
Confounding variables 2,
Pilot study way of measuring extr...
4  cards
Research methods(measures of central tendency)
Central tendencies inform us about 1,
Mean 2,
Median 3
4  cards
Research methods(sign test)
When to use the sign test 1,
How to calculate the sign test 2,
One tailed 3
4  cards
Biopsychology(nervous system - central nervous system)
The nervous system 1,
Spinal cord 2,
Brain 3
14  cards
Biopsychology(nervous system - Peripheral nervous system)
Peripheral nervous system 1,
What neurone is only present in t...,
What neurones are present in both...
9  cards
Biopsychology(neurons and structure)
What are neurons 1,
What do neurons mostly consist of 1,
Process of dendrites to cell body 2
10  cards
Biopsychology(synaptic transmission)
What happens when an action poten...,
Axon terminal end 2,
What happens during exocytosis 3
7  cards
Biopsychology(excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters)
What is a neurotransmitter 1,
Excitatory neurotransmitter 2,
Inhibitory neurotransmitters 3
3  cards
Biopsychology(the fight or flight response)
The amygdala 1,
The hypothalamus 2,
Acute stressors 3
14  cards
Biopsychology(ways of studying the brain)
Post mortem examinations 1,
Functional magnetic resonance sca...,
Electroencephalogram scanning tec...
12  cards
Biopsychology(circadian rhythms)
Circadian rhythm basic definition 1,
Nature of circadian rhythms 2,
Sleep wake cycle basic definition 3
18  cards
Biopsychology(endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers)
Endogenous meaning 1,
Endogenous pacemakers simple defi...,
Exogenous zeitgebers simple defin...
9  cards
Biopsychology(the endocrine system)
Endocrine glands 1,
Hormones 2,
Pituitary gland 3
10  cards
Biopsychology(localisation of function)
What is localisation of function 1,
What and where is the motor cortex 2,
What and where is the somatosenso...
9  cards
Biopsychology(hemispheric lateralisation)
What is hemispheric laterlisation 1,
For example of hemispheric lateri...,
For example of hemispheric lateri...
6  cards
Biopsychology(Split-brain research)
Split brain research of sperry an...,
What did the patients lack 2,
Sperry study 3
4  cards
Biopsychology(plasticity and functional recovery)
Plasticity 1,
Life experience 2,
Research support of human studies 3
10  cards
Biopsychology(ultradian and infradian rhythms)
What is an infradian rhythm 1,
What is an ultradian rhythm 2,
Use of rem and nrem in the ultrad...
14  cards
Schizophrenia(classification and diagnosis)
Diagnosis 1,
Positive symptoms definition 2,
Negative symptoms definition 3
9  cards
Schizophrenia(psychological explanations for schizophrenia)
Family dysfunction double bind th...,
Family dysfunction expressed emot...,
Evidence for linking family dysfu...
3  cards
Schizophrenia(biological explanations for schizophrenia)
Genetic factors 1,
Genetic factors family studies 2,
Family studies as a genetic expla...
14  cards
Relationships(factors affecting attraction - Physical attraction)
The idea of physical attraction i...,
Evolutionary theory 2,
Matching hypothesis 3
5  cards
Relationships(factors affecting attraction - Self disclosure)
Research on the idea of self disc...,
Self disclosure brief 1,
Types of self disclosure 2
6  cards
Relationships(factors affecting attraction - Filter theory)
Blank 1
1  cards
Relationships(theories of relationships - social exchange theory)
Social exchange theory brief 1,
Profit and loss 2,
Comparison level 3
7  cards
Issue and debates(ethical implications of research and theory)
Socially sensitive research 1,
Research process sieber and stanl...,
Sieber and stanley ethical issues 3
4  cards
Issues and debates(the nature-nurture debate)
What is the nature nurture debate 1,
Examples of influence of nature 2,
Examples of influence of nurture 3
5  cards

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