Studied by 18 people
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
