Psychology A Level Core Studies (Brief)

Brief info about each and what area they fall under

Name all 4 social psychology studies

Milgram, Bocchiaro et al, Piliavin et al, Levine et al

Name all 4 cognitive psychology studies

Loftus and Palmer, Grant et al, Moray, Simons and Chabris

Name all 4 developmental psychology studies

Bandura et al, Chaney et al, Kohlberg, Lee et al

Name all 4 biological psychology studies

Sperry, Casey et al, Blakemore and Cooper, Maguire et al

Name all 4 individual differences psychology studies

Freud, Baron-Cohen et al, Gould, Hancock et al

Obedience

Milgram's study (1963)

Disobedience and whistle-blowing

Bocchiaro's study (2012)

Subway samaritan

Piliavin's study (1969)

Cross-cultural altruism

Levine's study (2001)

Eyewitness testimony

Loftus and Palmer's study (1974)

Context-dependant memory

Grant's study (1998)

Auditory attention

Moray's study (1959)

Visual inattention

Simons and Chabris' study (1999)

Transmission of aggression

Bandura's study (1961)

Funhalers

Chaney's study (2004)

Moral stages of development

Kohlberg's study (1968)

Evaluations of lying and truth-telling

Lee's study (1997)

Split-brain study

Sperry's study (1968)

Neural correlates of delay and gratification

Casey's study (2011)

Impact of early visual experience

Blakemore and Cooper's study (1970)

Taxi drivers

Maguire's study (2000)

Little Hans

Freud's study (1909)

Advanced theory of mind

Baron-Cohen's study (1997)

Bias in IQ testing

Gould's study (1982)

The language of psychopaths

Hancock' study (2011)

Responses to people in authority

Milgram and Bocchiaro

Responses to pople in need

Piliavin and Levine

Memory

Loftus and Palmer, and Grant

Attention

Moray, and Simon and Chabris

External influences on children’s behaviour

Bandura and Chaney

Moral Development

Kohlberg and Lee

Regions of the brain

Sperry and Casey

Brain Plasticity

Blackmore and Cooper, and Maguire

Understanding disorders

Freud and Baron-Cohen

Measuring Differences

Gould and Hancock