changes our understanding question Flashcards
(10 cards)
how does bocchiaro change our understanding from milgram
studied both genders
Milgram only studies 40 men
Bocchiaro studied both men and women (96 women), results are generalisable to both genders
changes our understandding that the effect of legitimate authority is consistent between genders.
how does levine change our response to Pilliavin
cross cultural differences in helping behaviour
piliavin only investigated the helping behaviour of passengers on a New York subway, America is an individualistic and westernised culture
whereas Levine’s study changes our understanding of responses to people in need by exploring the helping behaviour of 23 cities across the world from idnvidualist and collectivist cultures like New York, Rio and Madird
changed our understanding as results showed there is a significant different in helping behaviours across cultures
how does chanel develop our understanding of external influences on children’s behaviour
social learning theory and positive reinforcement
bandura only focuses on social learning theory through observation and imitation of aggression
chaney changes our understanding through delving in to a type of social learning theory,
positive reinforcement
changes our understanding by developing our knowledge of how children learn and acquire behaviour
how does lee develop our knowledge on moral development
kohlberg is androcrentric but lee has no gender bias
kohlberg had an androcentric sample,
only studied 75 american boys and boys from GB, Taiwan etc
Lee studied 120 chinese children 60m+60f and 108 canadian 58m and 50f
changes our understanding as it shows moral behaviours are generalisable to males and females
how does baron cohen change our understanding on understanding disorders
explored a different type of mental health disorder using more objective measurements
freud only investigated phobias as a mental health disorder for one 5 year old boy, Little hans. he relied on subjective data collection methods which was letters from hans father about his sons dreams, fantasies and phobias that freud analysed
whereas baron cohen changes our understanding of disorders by investigating a different type of mental health disorder (autism/aspergers) with a larger sample of
people 25 maes and females and compared them to normal people and people with tourette’s
unlike freud, baron cohen used more objective scientific and numerical test to measure a theory of mind through eyes task out of 25
how does grant change our understanding on memory
leading questions vs context dependent
loftus and palmer only investigated the affect of leading questions on reconstructive memory
grant developed on this and investigated the effect of noise when learning and retrieving meaningful material changes our understanding as it focuses on context dependent memory as well as reconstructive memory
how does simon’s and chabris change our understanding of attention
auditory attention vs visual attention
Moray only investigated auditory attention through dichotic listening tasks
simon and chabris inveistgated visual attention through inattentional blindness
changes our understanding through focusing on different types of attention
how does casey change our understanding
on regions of the brain
sperry is snapshot whereas casey is longitudinal
sperry only focuses on split brain patients and their performance at
one point in tkme (snapshot)
casey shows development in brain functions and delayed gratification over the course of 30 years
changes understanding as it
shows development in brain functions and biological processes over
time
how does maguire change our understanding
of brain plasticity
cats vs humans
blakemoor and cooper investigated brain plasticity in kittens through focusin on effect early visual experience has on visual cortex
maguire investigated brain plasticity in taxi drivers , terms of volume of hippocampi
change sour understanding through focusing on humans rather than cats, develops our understanding as more generalisable
