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A/B/C RM- Self-Report Methods, Quantitative and Qualitative Data
Self report methods 1,
What data do self report methods ...,
What type of data is easier to an...
56  cards
A/ B RM- Types of Experiments, Variables, Hypotheses and Experimental Designs
Hypothesis 1,
Independent variable 2,
Dependent variable 3
74  cards
A RM- Observational techniques
Operationalise 1,
Naturalistic observation 2,
Controlled observation 3
40  cards
A RM- Correlations
What is a correlation 1,
What is measured with correlations 2,
Where must both variables being m...
22  cards
A RM- Case Studies
What is a case study 1,
What do case studies aim to gather 2,
What are some examples of techniq...
20  cards
A RM- Content Analysis (UNIFNISHED)
What is content analysis 1,
What does content analysis involve 2,
Transcribed 3
18  cards
B RM- Sampling, Control Measures and Pilot Studies
Sampling 1,
Target population 2,
Sample 3
34  cards
B RM- Ethical Issues (UNIFNISHED)
What responsibility do researcher...,
What does ethics refer to 2,
Why do ethical guidelines exist 3
17  cards
B RM- Peer Review
What process is peer review a par...,
What happens after a psychologist...,
What does peer review help to ens...
25  cards
B RM- Implications of psychological research
0  cards
B RM- Features of Science
What process does the scientific ...,
Objectivity definition 2,
Why is objectivity an important p...
51  cards
B RM- reliability and validity
Internal reliability 1,
External reliability 2,
How can we assess internal reliab...
57  cards
B RM- Reporting
What are the 6 sections of a scie...,
How should reports be written 2,
What is the abstract 3
23  cards
C RM- Primary and Secondary data, meta-analysis
What is primary data 1,
How might a researcher collect pr...,
What type of data does primary me...
18  cards
C RM- Descriptive Statistics, Presentation of quantitative data and Distributions
What are measures of central tend...,
What are the three types of avera...,
What is the mean 3
45  cards
1 Social Influence- Conformity P1
What is conformity 1,
What are 3 types of conformity 2,
What is compliance 3
39  cards
1 Social Influence- Conformity P2
What study investigated conformit...,
What year did the prison experime...,
What type of conformity did the s...
28  cards
1 Social Influence- Obedience P1 Milgram
Obedience 1,
Did milgram suggest a situational...,
Aim of milgram s research 3
14  cards
1 Social Influence- Obedience P2 (agentic state theory)
What is a situational explanation 1,
What is the agentic state theory 2,
Autonomous state 3
14  cards
1 Social Influence- Obedience P3 (legitimacy of authority)
How is society ordered 1,
Authority 2,
How can an authority figure be se...
8  cards
1 Social Influence- Obedience P4 (situational variables)
What did milgram do after conduct...,
How was location investigated by ...,
Location variation effect on obed...
16  cards
1 Social Influence- Obedience P5 (dispositional- authoritarian personality)
Who proposed a dispositional expl...,
Give some characteristics that ad...,
What did adorno propose was the c...
9  cards
1 Social Influence- Resisting (social support and locus of control)
Social support 1,
What explanation is social suppor...,
A03 social support supporting evi...
16  cards
1 Social Influence- Minority Influence
What is minority influence 1,
What did moscovici call the major...,
What does minority influence lead...
24  cards
1 Social Influence- Social Change
What is social change 1,
Give some examples of social chan...,
Why are minorities important when...
16  cards
2 Memory- Multi-Store Model
Who proposed the multi store model 1,
How many stores is memory made up...,
What aspects make up each memory ...
46  cards
2 Memory- Working Memory Model
Who proposed the wmm 1,
What does the wmm propose 2,
What are the three components of ...
22  cards
2 Memory- Types of Long Term Memory
Who proposed the types of ltm 1,
What are the three types of ltm 2,
What is the difference between de...
21  cards
2 Memory- Explanations for Forgetting
What are the two explanations for...,
What is interference 2,
What is proactive interference 3
26  cards
2 Memory- Factors affecting EWT
What is ewt 1,
Why has ewt been deemed as someti...,
Two main factors that influence h...
51  cards
3 Attachment- Caregiver-Infant Interactions
What is the definition of attachm...,
Why are caregiver infant interact...,
What happens when the caregiver i...
15  cards
3 Attachment- Stages of Attachment
Who proposed the stages of attach...,
How did schaffer and emerson defi...,
What was the glaswegian babies st...
21  cards
3 Attachment- The role of fathers in attachment
What did schaffer and emerson fin...,
Describe interactions with mother...,
Describe interactions with father...
13  cards
3 Attachment- Animal Studies
What have animals been used for 1,
Who researched attachment with mo...,
What did harlow do in his study 3
16  cards
3 Attachment- Learning Theory
Who proposed the learning theory 1,
What is the learning theory 2,
What is classical conditioning 3
13  cards
3 Attachment- Bowlby's Monotropic Theory
What did bowlby propose 1,
What does innate mean 2,
What is the critical period 3
16  cards
3 Attachment- Types of Attachment/ Strange Situation
Who conducted the strange situati...,
What was ainsworth s aim in the s...,
What was ainsworth s procedure fo...
26  cards
3 Attachment- Cultural Variations
Who researched into cultural vari...,
What was the aim of van ijzendoor...,
What was the standard findings of...
15  cards
3 Attachment- Maternal Deprivation Theory
Who proposed the maternal depriva...,
What is deprivation 2,
What is the critical period 3
17  cards
3 Attachment- Institutionalisation
What is institutionalisation 1,
What historic events give us oppo...,
What are 4 effects of institution...
15  cards
3 Attachment- The influence of early attachment on later relationships
What is the internal working model 1,
What will having a reliable careg...,
Why is it called an internal work...
32  cards
4 Psychopathology- Abnormalities
Why is defining abnormality not a...,
What is the failure to function a...,
What do people with psychological...
39  cards
BEC characteristics of phobias, depression, OCD
Behavioural characteristics of ph...,
Emotional characteristics of phob...,
Cognitive characteristics of phob...
9  cards
4 Psychopathology- Phobias
Phobia 1,
Specific phobia 2,
Social anxiety 3
32  cards
4 Psychopathology- Depression
What is depression 1,
What is the dsm 2,
How many criteria must pateints f...
39  cards
4 Pyschopathlogy- OCD
What does ocd stand for 1,
What is ocd 2,
Obsessions 3
53  cards
5 Approaches- Biological
What is the biological approach 1,
What are the four sections within...,
What is the influence of genes on...
43  cards
5 Approaches- Cognitive
In the cognitive approach what is...,
What is used to explain mental pr...,
Why are models used to explain me...
47  cards
6 Biopsychology- Divisions of the nervous system
What is the nervous system 1,
What is the nervous system made u...,
What are the main functions of th...
36  cards
6 Biopsychology- Neurons
What are neurons 1,
What do neurons do 2,
What are dendrites 3
41  cards
6 Biopsychology- Function of the Endocrine System
What does the endocrine system do 1,
What is the endocrine system made...,
What is a gland 3
18  cards
6 Biopsychology- Fight or Flight Response
What part of the limbic system in...,
What is the role of the amygdala 2,
What does the amgydala do if the ...
16  cards
6 Biopsychology- Localisation Of Function and Hemispheric Lateralisation- UNFINISHED
What is meant by localisation of ...,
Which side of the brain controls ...,
What is the cerebal cortex 3
49  cards
6 Biopsychology- Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma
What is neuroplasticity 1,
Who does neuroplasticity occur in 2,
What happens to our synaptic conn...
17  cards
6 Biopsychology- Ways of studying the brain
What do fmri scans measure 1,
How do fmri scans work 2,
What do fmri scans produce 3
33  cards
6 Biopsychology- Biological rhythms
Biological rhythms 1,
What are the three biological rhy...,
What are endogenous pacemakers 3
49  cards
Schizophrenia- Classification
What is schizophrenia 1,
What of the population is affecte...,
Between what ages is sz most ofte...
49  cards
Schizophrenia- Biological explanations + treatment
What are the possible causes of s...,
Name the various genetic explanat...,
Explain family studies as a biolo...
46  cards
Schizophrenia- Psychological explanations
What are the two psychological ex...,
Name the three a01 components for...,
Outline a01 for the schizophrenog...
27  cards
Schizophrenia- Psychological treatment and management of Sz
What are the two psychological tr...,
Outline cbt 2,
How is cbt delivered 3
34  cards
Schizophrenia- The Interactionist Approach
What does an interactionist appro...,
How is schizophrenia explained us...,
What does the modern understandin...
9  cards
Aggression- Social explanations of aggression
What is aggression 1,
What does social explanations of ...,
What are the three explanations o...
43  cards
Aggression- Institutional aggression (prisons)
What are institutions 1,
Give three examples of institutio...,
What is institutional aggression 3
37  cards
Aggression- Media influences on aggression
What are the three explanations f...,
How does desensitisation impact a...,
Outline desensitisation 3
28  cards
Aggression- Neural and hormonal mechanisms
What is meant by the term neural 1,
What does a neural explanation of...,
What are hormones 3
33  cards
Aggression- Genetic factors
How may genes play a role in aggr...,
What are the three ways genes can...,
Describe the genetic influences o...
12  cards
Aggression- Ethological explanations
What is ethology 1,
What does ethology suggest about ...,
How is aggression believed to be ...
16  cards
Aggression- Evolutionary explanations
What do evolutionary explanations...,
What does aggression being adapti...,
What are the two main components ...
19  cards
Relationships- Explanations for Partner Preferences
What does the evolutionary explan...,
What is meant by sexual selection 2,
What is one explanation for the d...
25  cards
Relationships- Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships
Name 3 factors that affect attrac...,
Define self disclosure 2,
Outline self disclosure 3
38  cards
Relationships- Theories of romantic relationships
What are the four theories of rom...,
What is social exchange theory 2,
Name the three main concepts in s...
52  cards
Relationships- Virtual relationships in social media
What are the two components of vi...,
What are virtual relationships 2,
Examples of virtual relationships 3
21  cards
Relationships- Parasocial relationships
What are parasocial relationships 1,
Who do these relationships usuall...,
Describe how parasocial relations...
22  cards
Issues and Debates- free will vs determinism
What is free will 1,
Responsibility in free will 2,
What is determinism 3
28  cards
Issues and Debates- free will vs determinism examples
EXAMPLES LINKS TO SPEC
30  cards
Issues and Debates- gender bias
What is gender bias 1,
Alpha bias 2,
Beta bias 3
31  cards
Issues and Debates- cultural bias
What is culture bias 1,
Individualistic vs collectivist c...,
Culture 3
23  cards
Issues and Debates- nature-nurture debate
0  cards
Issues and Debates- holism and reductionism
0  cards
Issues and Debates- idiographic and nomothetic approaches
What is the nomothetic approach 1,
What is the goal of the nomotheti...,
What is the idiographic approach 3
30  cards
Issues and Debates- ethical implications
0  cards

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