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What was Karl von Frisch initially studying about bees?
How they communicate
How far they travel for food
If they are colour blind
If they have a heightened sense of smell
Which of these is NOT a result from Barlett's War of the Ghosts study?
Unusual stories are easier to remember because you are thinking about new words and putting them in to your long term memory
The story was shortened, mainly by omissions
The phrases used were changed to language and concepts from the participants own culture
The recalled version soon became very fixed, though each time it was recalled there were slight variations
Who researched in to perceptual set and motivation?
McGinnies
Bruner and Minturn
Gregory
Gilchrist and Nesberg
How many participants did Tulving have in his Gold Memory study?
6
66
106
226
What was Mr Piliavin's first name?
Ian
Issac
Irving
Ibrahim
Which of these emoticons would Japanese people think of as happy?
What was the aim of Murdock's study?
To see if the position of words in a list affected how well you remember them
To see if people remember more words from the start of a list than at the end
To see if the amount of words a person was asked to memorised affected their accuracy
To dee if familiar words were remembered more
In what year did Murdock conduct his serial position curve study?
1960
1961
1962
1963
Murdock randomly selected his words from a list of how many of the most common words in English?
4,000
5,000
2,000
3,000
How many participants took part in Murdock's Serial Position Curve study?
215
103
147
232
How many word lists did participants in Murdock's Serial Position Curve study listen to?
10
20
30
40
Which study does this graph represent?
Von Frisch's Bee Study
Penfield's study of the interpretive cortex
Murdock's Serial Position Curve
Bartlett's War of the Ghosts
Which other study does Murdock's Serial Position Curve study support?
Bartlett's War of the Ghosts
Baddeley's study of encoding
The multi-store model
The Naughty Teddy study
Can we trust the results of Murdock's Serial position Curve study?
Yes, he is a well respected psychologist
No, he did not account for people's ability to remember words accurately
Yes, he controlled the variables in a laboratory experiment
No, he did not prove his aim so was mislead by the data
What is the biggest negative about Murdock's Serial position Curve study?
It is an artificial task and not true to life
Extraneous variables were not controlled
People's memory could be stronger than others
No other research supports his study
Research into which group of people supports Murdock's Serial Position Curve study?
Savants
Amnesiacs
Alzheimer patients
Psychopaths
In Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study where do the 2 young men come from?
Ebetsu
Ecatepec
Eldoret
Egulac
Bartlett was trying to prove that memories are formed by what in his War of the Ghosts study?
Reconstitution
Reconstruction
Recallibration
Recollection
In the War of the Ghosts Study what was Bartlett's aim?
To see how cultural expectations affect memory
To see how social norms affect memory
To see how ethical values affect memory
To see how comprehension affects memory
What is the technique Bartlett used in his War of the Ghosts study?
Cereal reproduction
Sequential reproduction
Seasonal reproduction
Serial reproduction
Bartlett kept a record of successive recall. What is this called?
A treaty
A protocol
a concord
A pact
In Bartlett's conclusion he said we remember what from a story?
Figments
Snatches
Fragments
Snippets
Barlett has been accused of being casual in his conducting of the War of the Ghosts study. Who conducted a more rigorous similar study?
Segall et al
Gauld and Stephenson
Helen Borke
Carlesimo at al
Can we fully trust the results of Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study?
Yes, he is a respected psychologist
No, he was biased in his interpretation of the results
Yes, he used repeated measures to ensure validity
No, he should have used a more familiar story
Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study has been criticised for not being similar to everyday memory use. Which of these is not a reason to support this?
It uses an unfamiliar story
It relies on cultural expectation
People did not see it as important so did not make the effort to remember it
People do remember many things accurately
Which motivation is tested in Gilchrist and Nesberg's study?
Hunger
Fear
Expectation
Anger
How many participants were there in Gilchrist and Nesberg's study?
15
26
52
78
For how long were participants deprived of food in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
10
12
20
24
How many slides of food were the participants shown in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
10
8
6
4
What conclusion did Gilchrist and Nesberg not draw from food deprived participants making the food pictures brighter?
Food deprived participants had a greater sensitivity to food-related pictures
Food deprived participants wanted to see the pictures of the food more clearly
The brighter the light the more appealing the food became
Motivation can affect perceptual set
Which of these is not an evaluation of Gilchrist and Nesberg's study?
Objective measurements were used
It is unethical to deprive people of food and water
It is not like everyday life
Similar studies have found similar results
What are Bruner and Minturn's first names?
Jeremy and Lee
Justin and Lenny
Jerome and Leigh
Joshua and Laurence
Which type of figure did Bruner and Minturn use?
Significant
Geometric
Round
Ambiguous
Which experiment design was used by Bruner and Minturn?
Repeated Measures
Independent Groups
Laboratory Experiment
Matched Pairs
Participants in the Bruner and Minturn study were either shown numbers or letters. What was this creating?
A bias or slant
A setting or context
Familiarity
Motivation
What did Bruner and Minturn conclude affects perception?
Emotion
Motivation
Expectation
Culture
Which of these is not an evaluation of Bruner and Minturn's study?
It has a real world application
It has support from similar studies
It was an artificial task
Independent group design did not take in to account individual participants' differences
Whose theory were McGarrigle and Donaldson challenging with their Naughty Teddy study?
Dweck
Willingham
Piaget
Gibson
What are McGarrigle and Donaldson's first names?
James and Margaret
James and Marion
Joshua and Margaret
Joshua and Marion
What was the aim of McGarrigle and Donaldson's Naughty Teddy study?
To see if children's reaction changed if the change was deliberate
To see if children's reaction changed if the change was accidental
To see if the children's reaction changed if the change was co-incidental
To see if the children's reaction changed if the change was sudden
How many children were involved in the Naughty Teddy study?
60
70
80
90
Where were the children in the Naughty Teddy study from?
Glasgow in Scotland
Edinburgh in Scotland
Aberdeen in Scotland
Kilmarnoch in Scotland
How many rows of counters were there in the Naughty Teddy study?
2
3
4
5
When the rows were changed accidentally in the Naughty Teddy study how many children gave the right answer?
66%
67%
68%
69%
Which children gave the most correct answers in the Naughty Teddy study?
Nursery children
Primary children
Secondary children
No difference
What conclusion did McGarrigle and Donaldson come to in their study?
Piaget overestimated children's ability to conserve
Piaget underestimated children's ability to assimilate
Piaget overestimated children's ability to assimilate
Piaget underestimated children's ability to conserve
Which of these is not an evaluation of McGarrigle and Donaldson's Naughty Teddy study?
The children did not notice the change if it was accidental
It challenges some of Piaget's assumptions
The children did not notice change when it was deliberate
The primary age students all came from one school
Hughes' Policeman Doll Study was aiming to show that students would have less difficulty completing a task if it made what type of sense to them?
Common
Political
Social
Cultural
Hughes' Policeman Doll Study is challenging which of Piaget's theories?
Egocentrism
Conservation
Schemas
Accommodation
How many children did Hughes test in the Policeman Doll Study?
100
70
50
30
What age were the children in the Policeman Doll Study?
2.5 to 4 years
3.5 to 5 years
4.5 to 6 years
5.5 to 7 years
what percentage of children were able to place the boy doll out of sight of the policemen in Hughes' study?
40%
75%
90%
100%
Hughes concluded that Piaget underestimated younger children's abilites but what was he right about?
Children's thinking is different to adult thinking
Children's thinking changes with age
Children's thinking is linked to the stage of their life
Children's thinking is the same as adult thinking
What is a weakness of Hughes' Policeman Doll Study?
The researcher gave subtle cues as to where to hide the boy doll
The researcher corrected the children's mistakes so they were scared of getting it wrong
The children did not understand why you would hide from a policeman
The children thought it was a game of hide and seek
What was Asch's concern about communication technology?
That people would stop talking to each other directly
That people would be confused by knowing too much
That people would be swayed by other people's opinions
That people would not recognise bias
In which year did Asch do his study?
1955
1965
1975
1985
What was Asch testing in his study?
Conservation
Conformity
Consequentialism
Consent
How many students did Asch test in his study?
123
124
125
126
What is the word used for the students in Asch's study?
Innocent
Unaware
Misinformed
Naive
What do we call a participant in a study who is working with the experimenter?
Confidante
Conman
Confederate
Conformist
In Asch's Study where did the naive particpant sit in the semi circle
At the beginning
At the end
In the middle
Near the end
What percentage of participants conformed at least once in Asch's study?
55%
65%
75%
85%
What was the conclusion of Asch's study?
People conform due to peer pressure even when they know they are wrong
People resist peer pressure and retain their individuality
People conform to peer pressure but some independence is still presnt
People reist peer pressure but feel awkward
What was the political system in America in the 1950's that forced people to conform?
McCarthyism
Communism
McDonaldism
Conservatism
Who found only one group conformed when they conducted Asch's study in 1980?
Loftus and Hall
Perrin and Spencer
Bond and Smith
Burger and Cooper
Asch's study was criticised because the task was seen as artificial because it was what?
Trite
Unimportant
Trivial
Unambiguous
What is the opposite of an individualist society?
Communist
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Collectivist
Where was Solomon Asch born?
Poland
USA
Israel
UK
Who was one of Solomon Asch's students?
Carol Dweck
Irving Piliavin
Theodor Adorno
Stanley Milgram
What type of behaviour were the Piliavin's looking at in their Subway study?
Anti social
Helping
Friendly
Avoidance
Piliavin's Subway study used a natural setting and was looking at 2 other areas. what were they?
Bystander behaviour and victim characteristics
Bystander behaviour and helper characteristics
Prosocial behaviour and victim characteristics
Prosocial behaviour and helper characteristics
How many student researchers went on a subway together in Piliavin's study?
3
4
5
6
How many trials were carried out in Piliavin's Subway study?
100
101
102
103
Which subway system was used for Piliavin's study?
London
Paris
New York
Tokyo
How long did the researcher student wait to collapse in the Subway study?
60 seconds
70 seconds
80 seconds
90 seconds
In Piliavin's Subway study how many trials used the drunk condition?
28
38
48
58
In piliavin's Subway study how many trials used the disabled condition?
45
55
65
75
How many students were researchers in each trial in the Piliavin's Subway study?
1
2
3
4
What was the role of the 4th researcher in the Piliavin's Subway study?
Helper
Manipulater
Confederate
Model
What percentage of 'drunk' victims were helped in the first 70 seconds?
15%
16%
17%
18%
Which of these answers is not a conclusion from Piliavin's Subway study?
In a natural setting, the number of people who see an emergency does not affect their likelihood to help
The more deserving the victim, the more likely they are to receive help
In a natural setting, the number of people who see an emergency does affect their likelihood to help
Other factors may affect reasons for people helping
Which of these is not an evaluation of Piliavin's Subway study?
It had high realism due to the natural setting
The results were reliable
The sample was urban based so only reflects one area of society
Qualitative data was collected which helped to explain the quantative data
According to Von Frisch's study, how do bees communicate?
Buzzing
Rubbing their legs together
Dancing
High pitched sounds
What is an ethologist?
Someone who studies an animal in a laboratory
Someone who studies an animal in its natural environment
Someone who studies animals in groups
Someone who studies animals after they have died
Von Frisch changed the bees' environment by putting food in different places. What is this called?
A natural observation
A controlled observation
An overt observation
A participant observation
How many observations of honey bees did Von Frisch make over a 20 year period?
More than 6000
More than 8000
More than 10000
More than 12000
According to Von Frisch, which dance shows that pollen is less than 100 metres away?
Waggle dance
Square dance
Round dance
Wiggle dance
Which 2 pieces of information does the waggle dance give the worker bees?
Location and amount of food
Distance and amount of food
Location and type of food
Location and distance of food
What percentage of bees went to the source of food after watching a honey bee dance?
50
60
70
80
What evolutionary value does bee communication help?
Survival
Reproduction
Territory
Food
What is the strength of Von Frisch's study?
Important contribution to communication
Important contribution to technology
Important contribution to science
Important contribution to history
Which of the following are weaknesses of Von Frisch's study?
Sound was ignored and bees do not have a sense of direction
Water changes bees senses and not all bees respond to the waggle dance
Sound was ignored and not all bees respond to the waggle dance.
Water changes bees senses and the round dance is not accurate
Which animal did Yuki's friends say he looked like when he smiles?
A toad
A frog
A snake
A crocodile
Yuki's study of emoticons is what type of study?
Particpant observation
Cross-cultural
Overt observation
Multicultural
How many Japanese students took part in Yuki's emoticon study?
90
95
100
105
How many American students took part in Yuki's emoticon study?
115
116
117
118
The rating scale for Yuki's emoticon study was from 1 to which number?
7
8
9
10
According to Yuki Japanese people are more likely to focus on what to tell emotion?
Body language
Mouth
Eyes
Hand gestures
What did Yuki conclude was the reason for the difference in interpretation of facial features?
Societal conditioning
Cultural norms and expectations
Emotional expression
Individualist and collectivist culture
Which of these is not an evaluation of Yuki's emoticon study?
It lacks validity
The material is artificial
Rating scales do not reflect the complexity of emotions
Only one emotion was tested
What was Penfield's first name?
William
Wilfred
Wilder
Winston
Wilder was a famous neurosurgeon whose studies helped people understand what about brain function?
Localisation
Specialisation
Plasticity
Transmission
Which condition did The Montreal Procedure help?
Hallucinations
Schizophrenia
Aneurysm
Epilepsy
In which year did Penfield conduct his study of the interpretive cortex?
1956
1959
1962
1966
Penfield's study aimed to find the psychological responses of patients when parts of their brain were what?
Removed
Massaged
Stimulated
Rearranged
What type of anesthetic was used in Penfield's study?
General
Local
Epidural
Pethidine
Penfield studied brain stimulation for over 30 years. How many cases did he study?
More than 500
More than 750
More than 1000
More than 1250
In Penfield's study which area was stimulated when patients reported seeing colours, shadows and crude outlines of objects?
Motor
Visual
Somatosensory
Auditory
In Penfield's study which area was stimulated when patients reported tingling sensation or a false sense of movement?
Motor
Visual
Somatosensory
Auditory
In Penfield's study which lobe was stimulated for people to recall experiences or emotions at an event?
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
Frontal
What did Penfield conclude in his study?
Memories are stored as events and procedures
Memories are stored as experiences and meanings
Memories are stored as experiences and procedures
Memories are stored as events and meanings
Penfield's study may lack validity. How many of his later 520 patients reported recall of past events?
40
50
60
70
Penfield used a very precise method in his study. What did this help neuroscience do?
Understand emotions
Explain localisation
Characterise deja vu
Map the brain
Why was Penfield's study described as having an unusual sample?
He only used women
He only used schizophrenics
He only used epileptics
He only used people over the age of 60
What is Tulving's first name?
Endel
Enbel
Enkel
Enjel
What was the aim of Tulving's Study?
To see if the brain reacted differently with episodic and semantic memories
To see if blood flowed to different parts of the brain with episodic and procedural memories
To see if the brain reacted differently with semantic and procedural memories
To see if blood flowed to different parts of the brain with episodic and semantic memories
How many people took part in Tulving's study?
4
5
6
7
With what did Tulving inject his patients?
Radioactive gold
Radioactive silver
Radioactive bronze
Radioactive platinum
Which type of scan did Tulving use?
CT
PET
fMRI
MMI
What was the design of Tulving's study?
Independent group
Matched pairs
Experimental
Repeated measures
In Tulving's study what results did he find?
Blood flowed to the back of the brain for procedural memories
Blood flowed to the back of the brain for semantic memories
Blood flowed to the back of the brain for episodic memories
There was no difference in blood flow
What did Tulving conclude from his study?
Long term and short term memories are in different parts of the brain
Long term memories are more important so located at the front of the brain
Episodic and semantic memories are separate kinds of long term memories and located in different parts of the brain
Memory is not biological
Which of these is not an evaluation of Tulving's study?
It was unethical to inject people with radioactive material
The sample was very restricted
It produced objective scientific evidence
Episodic and semantic memories are often very similar so the results were inconclusive
What is the name for a field of research that looks for patterns in diseases?
Bacteriology
Morphology
Epidemiology
Pathology
What is Nicola Wiles' particular area of interest?
Treatment-resistant depression
Treatment -resistant diseases
Treatment-resistant compulsions
Treatment-resistant obsessions
What percentage of people recover from depression after using antidepressants?
30
50
70
90
What does CoBalT stand for?
Cognitive behaviour therapy as an addition to medication for treatment-resistant depression
Cognitive behaviour therapy as an adjunct to medication for treatment-resistant depression
Cognitive behaviour therapy as a supplement to medication for treatment-resistant depression
Cognitive behaviour therapy as an accompaniment to medication for treatment-resistant depression
Which approach did Wiles wnat to test in her study?
Universal
Comprehensive
Holisitc
Aggregate
How many participants were recruited for Wiles' study?
459
469
479
489
From where did the participants in Wiles' study come?
Bristol, Essex and Glasgow
Birmingham, Exeter and Glasgow
Bristol, Essex and Galway
Bristol, Exeter and Glasgow
How long had the patients in Wiles' study been taking anti depressants with no change?
5 weeks
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
What does BDI stand for?
Back Depression Inventory
Black Depression Inventory
Beck Depression Inventory
Bleak Depression Inventory
After 6 months and 12 months how many particpants remained in Wiles' study?
412 and 386
422 and 396
432 and 406
442 and 416
As well as improved depression levels in Wiles' study what else did a holistic approach aid?
Understanding
Remission
Long term improvement
Retention
Why was the use of self report studies criticised in Wiles' study?
Answers lack reliability
Answers are objective
Answers lack validity
Answers are not qualitative
Why is Wiles' study considered to be well designed?
It used matched pairs
It removed potential extraneous variables
It controlled the IV
It used repeated measures
What is the main strength of Wiles' study?
It developed new strategies for treating people with depression
It has real world applications
It encouraged a holistic approach to treatment for depression
It is a relatively cheap method of treatment
What was Kaij's first name?
Leonard
Leo
Lennart
Lennard
Kaij wanted to know about nature vs nature or genes vs environment so he conducted his study on what?
Siblings
Parent and child
Twins
Hereditary groups
What was Kaij aiming to prove was hereditary?
Depression
OCD
Drug taking
Alcoholism
In which country was Kaij's study conducted?
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
310 male twins were used in Kaij's study because at least one of them had registered with what?
The abstinence board
The prohibition board
The temperance board
The sobriety board
How did Kaij collect his data?
Case studies
Questionnaires
Surveys
Interviews
How many twins were identical and non-identical in Kaij's study?
48 and 126
46 and 124
44 and 122
42 and 120
In Kaij's study what percentage of identical twins were both alcoholic?
60
61
62
63
The conclusion of Kaij's study suggests hereditary leads to what in twins towars alcoholism?
Weakness
Vulnerability
Fragility
Assailability
What else did Kaij conclude adds to the chances of alcoholism?
Age
Gender
Environment
Ethnicity
Which of these is not a reason why Kaij's study was flawed?
Bad experiment design
Use of self report responses
Only badly behaved drunks were registered with the temperance board
It lacks reliability
Who supported Kaij's findings in a later study?
Pendler et al
Kendler et al
Wendler at al
Fendler et al
Kaij's study is criticised because it suggests what are more important than they are?
Environments
Parents
Genes
Social groups
