AS Psychology Psychology Research Methods Experiments, Self Reports, Case Studies, Observations, Correlations, Research Process, Variables, Sampling participants, Data & Data Analysis, Ethical Considerations, and Evaluating Research.
AS Psychology Approaches Biological Approach The biological approach assumes that behaviour, cognition, and emotions: 1. are controlled by biological systems and processes such as hormones and genes. 2. can be investigated by manipulating and measuring biological responses, such as eye movements and brain activity. Cognitive Approach The cognitive approach assumes that: 1. behaviour
AS Psychology Dement and Kleitman (1957) Aim General: To investigate the relationship between eye movements and dreaming. Specific: 1. Does dream recall differ between REM and NREM stages of sleep?
AS Psychology Canli et al. (2000) Aim • To find whether emotive images will be better remembered than pictures with little emotion. • To find whether the amygdala is sensitive
AS Psychology Hassett et al. (2008) Original Study Aim * To test if sex differences in children's toy preferences are due to biological factors (i.e. exposure to high levels of prenatal androgen) rather than socialisation. * To investigate whether male and female rhesus monkeys have similar toy preferences to human children despite having no experience
AS Psychology Hölzel et al. (2011) (editing) Original Study Aim 1. To determine whether regular practice of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) produces measurable neurological changes associated with mindfulness-related traits. 2. To identify brain structures which chagnged due to an 8-week MBSR programme. Background Britta Hölzel, a psychologist, neuroscientist, and MBSR yoga teacher, used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
AS Psychology Schachter & Singer (1962) Aim To test the Two Factor Theory of Emotion. To research whether given a state of physiological arousal with no explanation, cognitive factors would help in describing feelings.
AS Psychology Andrade (2010) Aim To find out whether doodling assisted information processing by increasing attentiveness or by enhancing memory.
AS Psychology Baron-Cohen et al. (2001) Key Notes Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) = A neurodevelopmental disorder impairing a child's ability to communicate and interact. Symptoms:
AS Psychology Laney et al. (2008) Background Braun et al. (2002) reported that it is possible to implant false memories by convincing individuals that they met Bugs Bunny at Disneyland.
AS Psychology Bandura et al. (1961) Aim To investigate whether a child would learn aggression by observing a model and would reproduce this behaviour in the absence of the model, and whether the sex of the role model was important.
AS Psychology Fagen et al. (2014) Original Study Aim: To investigate whether secondary positive reinforcement can be used to train elephants to voluntarily complete a trunk wash, allowing them to be tested for TB. Background Dr. Ariel Fagan is a veterinary behaviourist of the American College of Veterinary Behaviour, who has conducted research at animal shelters
AS Psychology Saavedra & Silverman (2002) Aim To understand the causes of a button phobia in a child. To treat a child’s phobia of buttons using disgust and fear responses.
AS Psychology Pepperberg (1987) Aim To see whether a parrot could use vocal labels to demonstrate a symbolic understanding of the concepts ‘same’ and ‘different’.
AS Psychology Milgram (1963) Aim To find out whether people would be obedient to authority even if it meant physically hurting others. Background 11 million people
AS Psychology Perry et al. (2015) Original Study Ps = Participants. Pp = Participant. IV = Independent Variable. DV = Dependent Variable. Aim To investigate the effect of oxytocin on preferred interpersonal distance for those scoring high or low in empathy traits. Research Hypotheses 1. Administering oxytocin will affect preferred interpersonal distance depending on the persons’ level of empathy. 2.
AS Psychology Piliavin et al. (1969) Aim: to investigate bystander behaviour in a natural setting. to investigate the effect of the variables on helping: • type of victim, • race of the victim
AS Psychology Yamamoto et al. (2012) Aim To learn more about chimpanzees’ helping behaviour. To find out: • whether they can understand the needs of conspecifics. • whether they respond to those needs with targeted helping.
AS Psychology AS Psychology Past Papers AS Psychology 2018-2019 Past Papers AS Psychology 2020-2021 Past Papers AS Psychology Topical Past Papers Sample answer for Paper 2 Question 10
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AS Psychology AS Psychology Topical Past Papers The last past paper session included in most of the past papers below is of May/June 2021. * Canli et al. (2000) * Dement and Kleitman (1957) * Schachter & Singer (1962) * Andrade (2010) - updated till M/J '23! * Baron-Cohen et al. (2001) * Laney et al. (2008) * Bandura et al.
