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SI- Types of Conformity
What is conformity,
What is compliance,
What is internalisation
4
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SI- Explanations for Conformity
Who proposed a theory to explain ...,
Why do people conform,
What is normative social influence
6
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SI- Variables affecting Conformity
What was the procedure of asch s ...,
What were the findings of asch s ...,
What variables did asch investigate
8
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SI- Conformity to Social Roles
What are social roles,
Describe the procedure of zimbard...,
Describe the findings of zimbardo...
5
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SI- Obedience to Authority
What is obedience,
Describe the process of milgrams ...,
Describe the findings of milgrams...
5
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SI- Situational Variables affecting Obedience
Which factors did milgram investi...,
Describe what happened in the pro...,
Describe what happened in the loc...
6
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SI- Situational Explanations of Obedience
What are the main two situational...,
In which two different ways do pe...,
What is the agentic shift
10
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SI- Dispositional Explanations of Obedience
Who proposed a dispositional expl...,
What do dispositional explanation...,
What did adorno argue
9
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SI- Situational Explanations of Resistance to SI
What is the situational explanati...,
Why are people less likely to con...,
Why are people less likely to con...
5
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SI- Dispositional explanations of resistance to SI
Who proposed the locus of control,
What did rotter argue,
What does a person s locus of con...
10
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SI- Social Change
What does social change mean,
What are the behavioural characte...,
What is the snowball effect
10
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PP - Deviation from social norms
What is a definition of abnormality,
What does deviation from social n...,
What does deviation from social n...
5
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PP- Failure to function adequately
What is a definition of abnormality,
What does failure to function ade...,
How many criteria help define men...
9
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PP- Statistical infrequency
What is a definition of abnormality,
What does statistical infrequency...,
What is the average iq score
10
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PP- Deviation from ideal mental health
What is a definition of abnormality,
What does deviation from ideal me...,
How many criterias are needed in ...
9
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PP -Behaviour, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias
What are the behavioral character...,
What are the emotional characteri...,
What are the cognitive characteri...
3
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PP- Behavioural approach to explaining phobias
What is the two process model,
What is classical conditioning,
How old was little albert
11
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PP- Behavioural approach to treating phobias
What is systematic desensitisation,
What does reciprocal inhibition mean,
What does counter conditioning mean
12
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PP- Behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of depression
What are the behavioural characte...,
What are the emotional characteri...,
What are the cognitive characteri...
3
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PP-Cognitive approach to explaining depression
What is the cognitive model,
What is the cognitive triad 1960,
What are the 3 stages of the cogn...
12
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PP- Cognitive approach to treating depression
What is the aim of cognitive beha...,
What does rebt stand for,
What does the d in the def model ...
11
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PP- Behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of OCD
What are the behavioural characte...,
What are the emotional characteri...,
What are the cognitive characteri...
3
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PP- Biological approach to explaining OCD
What are the genetic causes of ocd,
What is the comt gene,
What is the sert gene
12
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PP- Biological approach to treating OCD
What drugs are taken to treat ocd,
What does ssri stand for,
What do ssri drugs do
11
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Memory
What is short term memory,
What is long term memory,
In which 3 ways are stm and ltm d...
94
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BP- Nervous system
What are the four main areas of t...,
What is the nervous system divide...,
What is the cerebrum
14
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BP- Synaptic Transmission
What do neurons transmit,
Where do neurons transmit electri...,
What happens when the action pote...
12
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BP- Neurons
What are neurons,
What are dendrites,
What is an axon
10
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BP- Endocrine system
What is the endocrine system,
What do endocrine glands do,
Wht are target cells
12
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BP- Fight or Flight Response
What is the sympathomedullary pat...,
What is role of adrenaline,
What does the parasympathetic ner...
5
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BP- Localisation of Function
What does localisation of functio...,
What are the two types of centres,
What are visual centres
19
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BP- Lateralisation of Function
What is lateralisation of function,
What is the left hemisphere domin...,
What is the right hemisphere domi...
14
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BP- Studying the brain
What are post mortem examinations,
Give an advantage of post mortem ...,
Give limitations of post mortem e...
23
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BP- Plasticity and Functional Recovery
What does brain plasticity mean,
What is another role of brain pla...,
Describe a study regarding to lif...
18
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BP- Circadian Rhythms
What are biological rhythms,
What are the three types of biolo...,
What are circadian rhythms
14
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BP- Ultradian and Infradian Rhythms
What are ultradian rhythms,
What are the stages of the human ...,
How long does the human sleep cyc...
11
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BP- Pacemakers
What are endogenous pacemakers,
What is the most important endoge...,
What is the scn and what is it re...
22
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FP- Top Down Approach
What is offender profiling,
What is offender profiling based on,
How does the top down approach work
9
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FP- Bottom Up Approach
What is the bottom up appproach,
What is the aim of investigative ...,
How is investigative psychology c...
11
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FP- Atavistic Form
What did lombroso argue,
In terms of cranial characteristi...,
What were murders described as ha...
8
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FP- Genetic and Neural Explanations
What could criminal behaviour be,
What does polygenic mean,
What are candidate genes
14
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FP- Eysenck's Theory of Criminal Personality
What did eysenck propose,
What third dimension did eysenck add,
According to eysenck where do our...
10
cards
FP- Differential Association Theory
What does the differential associ...,
How can the social group be a fac...,
In which ways can learning occur ...
7
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FP- Cognitive Explanations
What does moral reasoning refer to,
What did kohlberg propose,
What level are offenders more lik...
10
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FP- Psychodynamic Explanations
Which three aspects make up perso...,
What is the last aspect of person...,
When does the superego form
7
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FP- Custodial Sentencing
What is custodial sentencing,
What are the aims of custodial se...,
What is deterrence
13
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FP- Behaviour Modification
How does behaviour modification p...,
What is behaviour modification,
What is token economy
9
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FP- Anger Management
What does novaco suggest,
What is anger management,
What are the 3 phases of anger ma...
8
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FP- Restorative Justice
What is restorative justice,
What occurs during restorative ju...,
What features do restorative just...
6
cards
Research methods
What is the independent variable,
What is the control condition,
What is the dependent variable
65
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RM- Content Analysis
What is content analysis,
How does content analysis work,
How can coding work
6
cards
RM- Case studies
What are case studies,
What is a longitudinal study,
Advantages of case studies
4
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RM- Reliability
How can we assess reliability of ...,
How can we assess reliability of ...,
How can we assess reliability of ...
16
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RM- Types of validity
What is internal experimental val...,
What factors can reduce internal ...,
What are investigator effects
18
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RM- Types of data
What is nominal discrete data,
What is ordinal data continuous data,
What is interval data
12
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RM- Experimental designs
What does experimental design mean,
What are the main 3 types of expe...,
What is independent groups design
13
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RM- Sampling techniques
What is random sampling,
What are advantages of random sam...,
What are disadvantages of random ...
16
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RM- Peer review
What is peer review,
What happens during peer review,
What is the double blind peer rev...
5
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RM- British Psychological Society
What are the code of ethics publi...,
What is presumptive consent,
What is prior general consent
4
cards
RM- Features of science
What is science,
What is psychology,
What are the key features of science
22
cards
A- Stages of Attachments
What is attachment,
Who decided that there were four ...,
Describe shaffer and emersons study
15
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A- Reciprocity and Interactional Synchrony
What is attachment,
What is reciprocity,
Why is the basic rhythm in recipr...
8
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A- Multiple Attachments & Role of the Father
What factors affect the relations...,
What role of the father have rese...,
Give two supporting studies for t...
5
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A- Animal Studies of Attachment- Lorenz and Harlow
What were lorenz and harlow both ...,
What is imprinting,
Describe the procedure of lorenz ...
14
cards
A- Ainsworth Strange Situation- Types of Attachment
What was the strange situation,
What occurred during the strange ...,
What was recorded during the stra...
12
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A- Explanations of Attachment- Learning Theory
What does the learning theory pro...,
How is attachment learnt through ...,
What is operant conditioning base...
6
cards
A- Explanations of Attachment- Bowlby's Monotropic Theory
What did bowlby argue,
Which four characteristics aid th...,
What does monotropy mean
10
cards
A- Influence of Early Attachments
Who investigated the influence of...,
Describe the procedure of hazan a...,
What were the findings of hazan a...
10
cards
A- Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation
What did bowlby propose,
Describe the research that bowlby...,
In which two ways is maternal dep...
9
cards
A- Cultural Variations
Who conducted a meta analysis of ...,
What was the procedure of their e...,
What were the findings of van ijz...
7
cards
A- Effects of Institutionalisation
What is institutionalisation,
Who studied romanian orphans,
Describe the procedure of rutter ...
8
cards
M- Cognitive Interview
What is the cognitive interview,
Who developed the cognitive inter...,
What are the 4 principles of the ...
8
cards
M- Interference theory
What is the interference theory,
What is proactive interference,
What is retroactive interference
5
cards
M- Retrieval Failure
What does retrieval failure argue,
What are the two types of forgetting,
What is context dependent forgetting
6
cards
M- Eyewitness Testimony
What is eyewitness testimony,
What are leading questions,
What does the response bias expla...
11
cards
SZ- Classification of SZ
What is schizophrenia,
Which two classification systems ...,
Where is the dsm used
21
cards
SZ- Psychological Therapies
What are the three main psycholog...,
What does cbtp stand for,
How does cbt work to treat schizo...
20
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SZ- Biological Therapies
What is the most common treatment...,
Which two main types can antipsyc...,
What is an example of a typical a...
9
cards
SZ- Psychological Explanations
What are the two main psychologic...,
In which three ways can be the fa...,
Describe the schizophrogenic moth...
13
cards
SZ- Interactionist Approach
What is the interactionist approach,
How does the interactionist appro...,
What did meehl originally propose
7
cards
I&D- Nature vs Nurture
What is the nature vs nurture debate,
What is the nature theory rooted in,
What are evolutionary explanation...
11
cards
I&D- Idiographic&Nomothetic Approach
What does the idiographic approac...,
Why is the idiographic approach q...,
What qualitative methods does the...
14
cards
I&D- Holism & Reductionism
What does reductionism involve,
What does the reductionist approa...,
What does environmental reduction...
9
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I&D- Gender Bias
What is universality,
What is gender bias,
What is alpha bias
9
cards
I&D- Cultural Bias
What is cultural bias,
What is ethnocentrism,
Give an example of ethnocentrism
9
cards
I&D- Free Will
What does free will suggest,
Which approach considers people t...,
What is determinism
14
cards
I&D- Ethical Implications
0
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RS- Evolutionary Explanations
What is sexual selection,
What is anisogamy,
What is the sexy sons hypothesis
9
cards
RS- Self Disclosure
What is self disclosure,
What is reciprocity of self discl...,
What factors affect the success o...
5
cards
RS- Physical Attractiveness
What is one of the factors that a...,
Why is physical attractiveness im...,
Why is physical attractiveness im...
9
cards
RS- Social Exchange Theory
What is the social exchange theory,
What is comparison level,
What is the comparison level for ...
5
cards
RS-Rusbult's Investment Model
What is rusbults investment model,
What factors affect commitment,
What are satisfaction levels
11
cards
RS- Duck's Phase Model
What is ducks phase model,
What are the four phases,
What is the intra psychic phase
8
cards
RS- Filter Theory
What is the filter theory,
What is social demography,
What is similarity in attitudes
6
cards
RS- Equity Theory
What does the equity theory suggest,
What are the consequences of ineq...,
Evaluate the equity theory advant...
4
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RS- Virtual Relationships
What are virtual relationships,
What can virtual relationships al...,
What is the reduced cues theory
8
cards
SZ- Biological Explanations
What are biological explanations ...,
What does the genetic explanation...,
How are genetic factors normally ...
14
cards
statistical testing : the sign test
What three things are needed in o...,
One tailed test is used when,
Two tailed test is used when
6
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choosing a statistical test
What are the two related designs,
What are the unrelated design,
Statistical test
7
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probability and significance
Null hypothesis,
Alternate hypothesis,
Type 1 error
4
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Data analysis :
Measures of central tendency,
Median,
Mean
16
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Control of EV
Types of ev,
Ways to reduce
2
cards
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