Laney & Bandura

In the Laney et al (2008) experiment, why were 'distractor' questions used?

• Make the results more reliable

• Include broader range of questions to increase generalisability

• Make participants more comfortable with the questionnaire

• Control for demand characteristics

Outline how one result from Laney et al (2008) study supports the existence of false memories.

Which of the following is not the psychology being investigated by Laney et al.?

• People can reconstruct memories of events

• People can fill in the gaps in their memories using false information

• People may have memories for events that never actually happened

• Previous research has proved that we can make people believe they have met Bugs Bunny in Disneyland

Which of the following are not TRUE about the difference between Experiment 1 and experiment 2 in Laney et al. ?(select two)

• They used different questionnaires as distractors

• Their sample and samplng techniques were totally different

• They both used RQ, FHI, FPQ and FCQ

• There was a deception of aim in experiment 1 but not in experiment 2

• They had different follow-up questions for the computer generated file

Which of the following is TRUE about the result of Laney et al. study?

• In experiment 2, Believers rated asparagus as more appetizing and artistic than controls

• In experiment 2, the ratings for neither believers nor controls changed significantly from pre- to post-manipulation on the RQ

• In experiment 1, 20 participants were removed because their rating of FHI is higher than 6

• In experiment 1, there is no difference between love group and control group on MBQ

Each condition only had six children in it. This is a weakness of the experiment because ________________ are more likely to influence the result. A larger sample would have overcome this.

• False alarms

• Ethical issues

• Demand characteristics

• individual difference

Bandura's theory claimed people learn from one another through all these EXCEPT:

• Attention

• Motivation

• Retention

• Reconstruction

Name two of observers used in Bandura's study.

The following examples could all be real-life applications of Bandura's Doll experiment EXCEPT:

• Believing that children watching TV wrestling could cause them to be violent

• Believing that boys are stronger than girls

• Seeing a school bully be rewarded could lead the child to become a bully themselves

• Spanking a child could more them more violent

Describe what is meant by "operant conditioning".