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Social influence
Conformity 1,
Compliance 2,
Internalisation 3
11  cards
Evaluation/Weaknesses of Asch study
Evaluations against asch s study 1,
A child of its times evaluation a...,
Artificial situation evaluation a...
13  cards
Social roles
Social roles 1,
Zimbardo experiment procedures 2,
Zimbardo findings 3
13  cards
Milgram - obedience to authority
Obedience 1,
Milgram 1963 conclusions 2,
Internal validity 3
24  cards
Obedience: Social-psychological factors
Agentic state 1,
Legitimacy of authority 2,
Autonomous state 3
14  cards
Obedience: Dispositional explanations
Situational 1,
Dispositional 1,
Authoritarian personality 2
17  cards
Resistance to social influence
Resistance to social influence 1,
Locus of control 2,
Examples of disobedience or lack ...
18  cards
Minority influence
Minority influence 1,
Factors increasing minority influ...,
Impact of consistency on minority...
18  cards
Social change
Social change 1,
Conditions necessary for social c...,
Social impact theory social force 3
11  cards
Research methods
Aim 1,
When are aims stated 2,
One tailed hypothesis 3
41  cards
Approaches - History of Psychology
Psychology has four goals 1,
Is psychology a science 2,
Early psychology influences 3
11  cards
Approaches - The Behavioural Approach
Assumptions of the approach 1,
Stimulus 2,
Response 3
31  cards
Social Learning theory
Social learning theory 1,
Albert bandura 1961 and the slt 2,
Vicarious reinforcement 3
18  cards
Biological approach
Physiology 1,
Purpose of biological approach 2,
Assumptions of biological approach 3
37  cards
Cognitive approach
Cognitive approach 1,
The assumptions of the cognitive ...,
Three main research methods used 3
32  cards
Sampling
A sample 1,
Population 2,
Where are people chosen in a rand...
13  cards
Psychodynamic approach
Psychodynamic approach 1,
Assumptions of the psychodynamic ...,
Structure of personality 3
20  cards
Humanistic psychology
Assumptions of humanistic psychol...,
Self actualisation 2,
Growth need 3
17  cards
Psychopathology
Pathology 1,
Psychopathology abnormality 2,
Statistical infrequency 3
50  cards
Depression
Dsm v categories depression and d...,
Unipolar disorder 2,
Bipolar disorder 3
16  cards
The nervous system and endocrine system
Human nervous system 1,
Brain 2,
Spinal cord 3
52  cards
Localisation of brain function
Localisation of brain function 1,
What hemisphere are language area...,
Broca s area hemisphere 3
27  cards
Plasticity and functional recovery from brain trauma
Plasticity of the brain 1,
Denervation 2,
Denervation super sensitivity 3
17  cards
Split-brain research into hemispheric lateralisation
Gazzaniga s 1970 research impact ...,
Sperry s 1968 split brain researc...,
Lateralisation of cortical functi...
16  cards
Ways of investigating the brain
How do fmris work 1,
Haemodynamic fmri response 2,
Strengths of fmris 3
21  cards
Biological rhythms: Circadian rhythms
Biological rhythm 1,
Circadian rhythms 2,
Examples of circadian rhythms 3
52  cards
Endogenous pacemakers and exogenous zeitgebers
Role of suprachiasmatic nucleus 1,
Entrainment 2,
Pineal gland and melatonin 3
15  cards
Issues and debates
Gender bias in research 1,
Dissemination of research results 2,
Universality and bias 3
19  cards
Cultural bias in psychology
Cultural bias 1,
Cultural relativism 1,
Ethnocentrism 2
22  cards
To explore free will and determinism in psychology
Determinism 1,
Examples of determinism approaches 2,
Free will 3
21  cards
Holistic and reductionism
Holistic 1,
Reductionism 2,
Reductionist and holism hierarchy...
6  cards
Issues and debates - Nature and Nurture
Debate nature and nurture 1,
Philosophical background nature a...,
Nature 3
22  cards
Idiographic and nomothetic approach
Nomothetic 1,
Idiographic 2,
Advantages of personality tests 3
16  cards
Ethical implications
Socially sensitive research 1,
Sieber and stanley 1988 4 groups ...,
Examples of socially sensitive re...
18  cards
Research methods 2
Sign test assumptions 1,
Blank 2
2  cards
Schizophrenia biological treatments
Antipsychotic drugs 1,
Typical antipsychotics 2,
Uses of drugs 3
16  cards

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