Sociocultural approach - paper 1 essay choices

Social identity theory

• Tajfel et al - to investigate whether intergroup discrimination would take place on being put into two different groups.

• Sherif et al - to examine how competition could lead to intergroup conflict and discrimination among boys at a summer camp.

Social cognitive theory

• Bandura et al - if children would imitate aggression modelled by an adult (or additionally a same sex model)

• Dijkstra and Devries - to investigate self-efficacy (a key component of SCT) as a factor in quitting smoking.

Stereotypes

• Hamilton and Gifford - to investigate illusory correlation based on group size as a key factor in the formation of stereotypes.

• Steele and Aronson - the effect of stereotypes threat on performance.

Ethical considerations for individual and group

• Bandura et al - if children would imitate aggression modelled by an adult (or additionally a same sex model)

• Sherif et al - to examine how competition could lead to intergroup conflict and discrimination among boys at a summer camp.

Culture and its influence on behaviour and cognition

• Cole and scribner -to investigate cross-cultural differences in memory recall among children in the US and Liberia, to study the role of culture in shaping memory processes, focusing on collectivistic versus individualistic cultures.

• Kulkofsky et al - to see if there was any difference in the rate of flashbulb memory in collectivist and individualistic cultures.

Cultural dimensions

• Kulkofsky et al - to see if there was any difference in the rate of flashbulb memory in collectivist and individualistic cultures.

• Levine and Norenzayan - to investigate the cultural dimension of individualism/collectivism on pace of life, i.e. how quickly/slowly people or organisations move, in a sample of large cities across the world.

Ethical considerations: Culture and cognition

• Kulkofsky et al - to see if there was any difference in the rate of flashbulb memory in collectivist and individualistic cultures.

• Cole and scribner - to investigate cross-cultural differences in memory recall among children in the US and Liberia, to study the role of culture in shaping memory processes, focusing on collectivistic versus individualistic cultures

Research methods: Culture and cognition

• Kulkofsky et al - to see if there was any difference in the rate of flashbulb memory in collectivist and individualistic cultures.

• Levine and Norenzayan - to investigate the cultural dimension of individualism/collectivism on pace of life, i.e. how quickly/slowly people or organisations move, in a sample of large cities across the world.

Enculturation

• Odden and Rochat - to study the role of SCT on the development of cultural norms in Samoa.

• Greenfield - To explore how children learn the cultural skills of weaving investigating enculturation among Mayan mothers and daughters.

Acculturation

• Lueck and Wilson - to investigate the variables that may predict acculturative stress in a nationally representative sample of asian immigrants and Asian Americans.

• Wang et al - To test the relationship between the dimensions of acculturation and positive psychological functioning.

Research methods: Acculturation and enculturation

• Odden and Rochat - to study the role of SCT on the development of cultural norms in Samoa.

• Greenfield - To explore how children learn the cultural skills of weaving investigating enculturation among Mayan mothers and daughters.

Ethics: Enculturation and acculturation

• Lueck and Wilson - to investigate the variables that may predict acculturative stress in a nationally representative sample of asian immigrants and Asian Americans.

• Wang et al - To test the relationship between the dimensions of acculturation and positive psychological functioning.

Research methods: study of the individual and the group

• Bandura et al - if children would imitate aggression modelled by an adult (or additionally a same sex model)

• Dijkstra and Devries - to investigate self-efficacy (a key component of SCT) as a factor in quitting smoking.