Studies Psych QCAA year 12

all studies (breif summary) that is needed to be known for queensland psychology external exams :( :)

Asch (1952)

conformity lines

Zimbardo (1973)

Stanford Prison Experiment

Milgram (1963)

obedience to authority

Baddeley (1966)

Coding to STM and LTM

Hudson (1960)

impact of culture on ability to apply pictorial depth cues

Deregowski (1972)

pictorial perception and culture/nurture

Craik & Lockhart (1972)

Levels of Processing Model - memory as a process (different levels of intensity) rather than a structure

Maguire (1997)

Recalling Routes around London: Activation of the Right Hippocampus in Taxi drivers

Ebbinghaus (1885)

forgetting curve

Grant (1998)

The effect of learning environment on memory (context-dependent cues)

Pavlov (1902)

classical conditioning

Skinner (1948)

operant conditioning - behaviour is controlled by its consequences

Bandura (1977)

Social Learning Theory - people learn behaviors, attitudes, emotional reactions and norms through direct and indirect experiences with models

Watson & Rayner (1920)

Little Albert - learned fear responses via classical conditioning

Darley & Latane (1968)

bystander effect

Bushman & Anderson (2002)

General Aggression Model (GAM) - a socio-cognitive model that accounts for the biological, situational and individual factors that contribute to an aggressive response

Buss (1990)

biological theory of attraction - one's best partner is someone who help us survive (evolutionary purpose)

Duck (2006)

stages of relationship dissolution - intrapsychic, dyadic, social, grave-dressing, resurrection

Festinger (1957)

cognitive dissonance theory

Ross (1977)

game show study - fundamental attribution error

Tajfel (1970)

social identity theory - people want positive self-concept so associate with groups that are more successful than others

McMillan & Chavis (1986)

sense of community - membership, shared connection, influence, integration and fulfilment of needs

Bargh (1996)

ageism - stereotypes and priming