development over time Flashcards
(22 cards)
what is the issue and debate/
an understanding of how psychological knowledge has developed over time
in what ways has knowledge developed over time?
areas of interest and methodology
what is an example of a research area that has developed over time?
obedience
milgram 1963
burger 2009
how has methodology developed over time?
quantitive data, objective and statistical testing has been around for a long time
since the 1990s there has been a movement of acceptance for qualitative data in the fact that more and more people are gathering knowledge on thoughts and feelings
also technological advances in methodology (PET_
what is sociol psychology changes largely influenced by?
social changes in attitudes and historical events (holocaust)
when did qualitative data start to become more accepted?
1990s
what are the examples of how social psychology is fuelled by social events?
milgram 1963 was heavily influenced by the holocaust and reasons for why people do this
as inhumane acts carried on burger then set out in 2009 to see if there were any changes in modern society
how has social psychology developed in the factors that affect obedience?
1963 milgram - no gender
2009 burger - no gender but personality factors
both state state that it is situation
who has cognitive psychology changed?
new theories of memory are being made all the time, each time that one is created a new one is made
which was the first coherent model of memory?
MSM 1968
what is the order of the models of memory?
MSM 1968 structure
WMM 1974 short term memory
LTM 1972 long term memory
resurgence of reconstructive memory (1930s) in loftus research 1970s
what research method has changed in cognitive that has allowed us to develop understanding?
brain scans
case studies
what method used to be used in biological l psychology?
psyiognomy
a persons character was judged by their appearance
technological advantage have moved focus onto the internal working of the brain
who is the researchers in biological psychology (19th and 20thC)
lambroso and darwin
what did lambroso believe in biological?
that there was a physical type of [erson who could be linked to crime
been discredited
what was an early treatment used in biological psychology?
trepanning
putting a hole in someones head to remove evil spirits
what research method has improved in biological psychology?
brain scans
cat scan - 1970
fmri - 1990
what have improvements in technology allowed researchers develop knowledge?
help identify parts of the brain that is involved with aggression
Raine
study addictions of drugs
what have learning theories provided knowledge into?
human behaviour
most of it has stayed the same
when were the effects of violent media coverage researched?
1950s
how could it be shown that research on violence in the media has changed?
the introduction to the water shed
1964
what did anderson and dill 2000 find?
that violent video game play was positively related to aggression
