stuff i got wrong

Question 1

Levines results

Answer 1

rio de janeiro most helpful with 93%
kuala lumpur least helpful with 40%
negatvie correlation, as wealth increases, helping behaviour decreases

Question 2

levines iv

Answer 2

what city they are in

Question 3

what are the 4 community variables in levines study

Answer 3

pace of life
economic weelbeing
pop size
culture

Question 4

what is the blind man condition in Levines study

Answer 4

blind man with dark glasses and white cane
stood at traffic light, as lights turn green look like they were about to walk out
helping behaviour is physically or verbally stopping them

Question 5

what is the sample of piliavins study

Answer 5

4500 ppl 55% white, 45% black
males and females
over 3 months 11am-3pm on nyc subway between stops A-D with journey approx 7.5 mins

Question 6

bocchiaros sample

Answer 6

149 amerstdam vu undergrad
96 woman and 53 men

Question 7

bocchiaro results and comparison group results

Answer 7

comparison
only 3.6% thought they would obey

normal-
9.4% whisteblew
76.5% obeyed
14% disobeyed

Question 8

loftus and palmer background

Answer 8

bartlett
suggested memory is influenced with what you already kmow and using past experiences to deal with new experiences, known as schemas

Question 9

Loftus and Palmer results from experiment 1 and experiment 2

Answer 9

provides evidence of reconstructive memory
smashed- 40.5mph
contacted-31.8mph

experiment 2-
16 in smashed condition said yes to broken glass
7 in hit condition said yes

Question 10

loftus and palmer experiment 2 procedure

Answer 10

150 diff participants
watched a clip, given a questionnaire where critical verb question was asked (either smashed/hit or no question about it)
a week later all pps asked if there was broken glass, this was without watching the clip again

Question 11

grants sample

Answer 11

39 students
american

Question 12

how many of each instruction was used in Moray e2

Answer 12

3 affective
3 non affective
4 no instruction

Question 13

background of simons and chabris

Answer 13

mack and rock conducted study where pps failed to spot smiley face, wanted to investigate a more real life situation

Question 14

aim of simons and chabris study

Answer 14

to investigate if unusual events are likely to be detected
investigate if a more diffifcult task increases rate of inateentional blindness
investigate effect of superimposition and transparnacy on inattentional blindness

Question 15

simon and chabris results

Answer 15

54% noticed 46% did not
more noticed umberlla
opaque
and in easy task

Question 16

sample of sperry

Answer 16

11 split brain patients
opportunity

Question 17

what apparatus was used in sperry research

Answer 17

material was presented on a tachistiscope

Question 18

conclusion of sperrys research

Answer 18

due to hemisphere deconnection, each hemisphere has an independent stream of consciousness

Question 19

Caseys sample

Answer 19

59 ppl 36women 23 men from stanford

Question 20

results of frmi scanner in casey

Answer 20

low delayers had increased activity in ventral striatum which is reward centre so cant delayed gratifcation

Question 21

when was kittens in blakemoor and coopers study studied and why is this importatn

Answer 21

0-3 months
in crtical period
where they are most vulnerable to change

Question 22

what is the main conclusion for blakemoor and cooper

Answer 22

provides evidence for brain plasticity

Question 23

aim of maguire

Answer 23

investigate differences in volume of hippocampi in london taxi drivers and non taxi drivers
investigate brain plasticity

Question 24

maguire sample

Answer 24

16 male taxi driver all right handed
50 male non taxi drivers all right handed

Question 25

maguire experimental design and type of experiment

Answer 25

quasi matched pairs

Question 26

procedure of maguire and what two analysis tools do

Answer 26

taxi drivers had brain scan analysed using vbm and pixel counting non taxi drivers were retrieved from MRI data base vbm identifies grey matter density pixel counting- compares volume of anterior, body and posterior sections of hippocampi

Question 27

results of maguire

Answer 27

increased activity in posterior hippocampi which is navigation centre for tqxi drivers increased activity in anterior hippocampi for non taxi drivers positive correlation between size of hippocampi and lenght of time as taxi driver