HL Psych Studies

Goetz

how testosterone affects anger when shown facial expressions

Ronay and von Hippel

determine the role of testosterone in behavior - australian skateboarders

Kendler

investigate the heritability of depression - swedish twin study

Buss 1989

determine if mate preferences are uniform across cultures - big cross-cultural study

Fisher

look at pictures of loved ones while in fMRI

HM

case study on man who received an experimental surgery to relieve his seizures

Antonova

receive acetylcholine agonist shot then play VR game requiring spatial memory

Draganski

people taught how to juggle then change in brain structure and grey matter studied over time

Maguire

research on the difference in brain structure and grey matter density in cab drivers vs normal people

Brunner

case study on MAOA levels in a family known for being aggressive

Wedekind

research on how MHC (potential human pheromone) may play into mate preference and behavior - smelly t-shirts

Caspi

longitudinal study on the interaction between the 5-HTT gene and environment in the formation of depression

Mishor

experiment studying how hexadecanal (potential human pheromone) affects males vs females - blasting game

Rogers and Kesner

antonova with rats; injected with acetylcholine agonist and brought into maze

Albert

experiment researching how different levels of testosterone affects aggression levels in rats - castration

Cases

MAOA gene removed from mice and introduced to other rats to research changes in aggression level

Fagot

research on how parents react to children’s behavior with reference to gender roles

Loftus and Palmer

research on how leading questions affect memory distortion - car crashes

Loftus and Pickerell

investigate effectiveness of reconstructive memory by implanting a false flashbulb memory - lost in the mall

Brewer and Treyens

experiment testing the effect of schemas on memory distortion - office

English and Mussweiler

experiment testing the effect of anchoring heuristics on a judge sentence

Martin and Halvorsen

experiment testing the effect of gender schemas on memory distortion in young children

Bandura

experiment testing the effect of gender in role models on children’s behavior - bobo the clown

Kulkofsky

study on how cultural dimensions (collectivistic/individualistic) affect flashbulb memories in 5 different countries

KF

case study of a man who was in a motorcycle accident whose STM was intact but LTM was damaged

Talarico and Rubin

study on accuracy of flashbulb memories after 9/11

Tversky and Kahneman

experiment studying how anchoring hueristic affects responses to a math problem

Bradbury and Fincham

case study of how the attributions couples make affect marriage satisfaction

Hilliard and Liben

experiment testing how gender salience and stereotypes affected behavior in preschoolers

Torres

questionnaires given to latino people living in the midwest about perceived acts of discrimination and acculturative stress

Brown and Kulik

black men and white men asked about memory of how they learned about shocking public events - jfk vs mlk

Berry

asch line test with temne, iniut, and scottish people

Chou and Edge

test the influence of availability heuristic on Facebook users’ self esteem

Abrams

ash line test given to psych undergraduates to test in/out group salience

Lueck and Wilson

semi-structured interviews with asian-americans and Asian immigrants to predict potential causes of acculturative stress

Buss 1992

determine if males and females experience jealousy differently (emotional vs physical)

Li et al

determine if there is a difference in preferred traits in a partner between cultures

Markey and Markey

determine the extent to which similarity matters in a relationship

Gottman

tried to predict divorces by looking for communication styles and physiological arousal

Zohar and Guttman

asked newlywed israeli couples about their reasons for their marriage choices

Clark and Hatfield

determine if there is a difference in how receptive different sexes are to sexual invitations - confederates

Kiesler and Baral

determine if self-esteem plays a role in mate selection - men fake iq test

yuille and cutshall

investigate the accuracy of recall of eye witnesses to a real crime in response to leading questions

Alloy

longitudinal study following young Americans to determine if thinking patterns could predict depression

Nolen and Hoeksema

study the role of rumination in the development of symptoms related to depression

Brown and Harris

how depression in women is linked to stressful life events