AS Level Studies

What was the aim(s) of Canli’s study?

• Is the amygdala sensitive to varying degrees of emotional intensity?
• Does level of emotional intensity affect memory of stimuli?
• Can cognitive factors lead individuals to describe feelings with any number of emotional labels when physically aroused with no adequate explanation?
• Are eye movements related to dream content?

What was the aim(s) of Dement and Kleitman’s study?

• Does dream recall differ between REM and nREM sleep?
• Is there a correlation between estimates of dream duration and REM length before waking?
• Are eye movements related to dream content?
• Does emotional intensity affect memory of stimuli?
• Is the amygdala sensitive to varying degrees of emotional intensity?

What was the aim(s) of Schachter & Singer’s study?

• Can cognitive factors lead individuals to describe feelings with any number of emotional labels when physically aroused with no adequate explanation?
• Is the amygdala sensitive to varying degrees of emotional intensity?
• Does emotional intensity affect memory of stimuli?
• Are eye movements related to dream content?

What was the aim(s) of Andrade’s study?

• Does doodling (sketching of patterns and figures unrelated to the primary task) aid in information processing (namely memory)?
• Does telling participants they loved eating asparagus as children cause them to generate false beliefs or memories about asparagus?
• Do children imitate behavior (specifically aggression) when they observe it in a role model?
• Can exposure therapy reduce the disgust and distress of those with button phobia?

What was the aim(s) of Baron-Cohen’s study?

• Will people with Aspergers or Autism be impaired on the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” test for distinguishing emotions?
• Are there sex differences in performance on ability to distinguish others’ emotions for those with Autism?
• Does the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” test correlate with other measures of autistic traits?
• Do children imitate behavior (specifically aggression) when they observe it in a role model?

What was the aim(s) of Laney’s first experiment?

• Does telling participants they loved eating asparagus as children cause them to generate false beliefs or memories about asparagus?
• Is the sight of asparagus more appealing to participants after a false love of asparagus has been conditioned into them?
• Does dream recall differ between REM and nREM sleep?
• Is the amygdala sensitive to varying degrees of emotional intensity?

What was the aim(s) of Laney’s second experiment?

• Is the sight of asparagus more appealing to participants after a false love of asparagus has been conditioned into them?
• Were the results of Laney’s first experiment reliable?
• Can exposure therapy reduce the disgust and distress of those with button phobia?
• How obedient will people be when receiving orders from an authority figure?

What was the aim(s) of Bandura’s experiment?

• Do children imitate behavior (specifically aggression) when they observe it in a role model?
• Does the sex of a role model/child matter when it comes to observational learning?
• How obedient will people be when receiving orders from an authority figure?
• Will people be obedient even if it meant someone could be seriously hurt?

What was the aim(s) of Saavedra’s and Silverman’s study?

• Can exposure therapy reduce the disgust and distress of those with button phobia?
• What factors (victim type, victim race, model behavior, or bystander group size) affect Good Samaritanism most?
• Can cognitive factors lead individuals to describe feelings with any number of emotional labels when physically aroused with no adequate explanation?
• Are eye movements related to dream content?

What was the aim(s) of Pepperberg’s study?

• Could a parrot use vocal labels to demonstrate understanding of the idea ‘same’ vs ‘different’?
• What factors (victim type, victim race, model behavior, or bystander group size) affect Good Samaritanism most?
• Can chimpanzees understand the needs of a member of the same species?
• Can cognitive factors lead individuals to describe feelings with any number of emotional labels when physically aroused with no adequate explanation?