sociocultural case studies

Festinger

Aim: To study how members of a cult would cope when they realized the flood that had been predicted did not happen. 

Marshmallow test

Aim: to see what children would do when given a marshmallow and asked not to eat it

Asch Line Test

Aim: how often would participants leave all reason to do what others did. 

Huesmann et al. (2003)

Aim: to see the correlation between children's exposure to TV violence and their aggression in young adulthood. 

Miranda and matheny (2000)

Aim: to asses acculturation stress in Latino immigrants 

Martin and Holverson

Aim: to investigate gender role schemas in children. 

Leuck and Wilson

Aim: to predict acculturative stress in Asian migrants and Asian Americans. 

Wang et al.

Aim: to asses acculturation stress on Cuban-American university students living in England. 

Ogihara and Uchida (2014) 

Aim: compared Japanese students and US students studying in the USA