Psychology core studies

• What historical event influenced Milgram's study on obedience?

  The Nazi's horrid acts
• What was Milgram's aim in his obedience study?

  To see if regular people would obey
• How did Milgram recruit participants for his study?

  Newspaper advertisement
• What type of sample did Milgram use?

  Self selected
• How many participants were in Milgram's initial study?

  40
• What age range were the participants in Milgram's study?

  20 to 50
• What did the participants believe the study was about?

  Learning and memory
• Where did Milgram's study take place?

  Yale University
• Who was the confederate in Milgram's study?

  Mr Wallace
• Which role was always assigned to the participant?

  Teacher
• What was the supposed increment of voltage for each incorrect answer?

  15V
• What percentage of participants reached the highest shock voltage?

  65%
• What was the main conclusion of Milgram's study?

  Stressful situations cause obedience
• Why can Milgram's study be described as internally reliable?

  High levels of control were maintained
• What type of experiment was Milgram's study?

  Laboratory experiment
• What was standardized in Milgram's procedure?

  Test shock and word pair task
• How does standardization impact the reliability of the study?

  The study could easily be replicated
• What type of validity does Milgram's study have?

  High construct
• What type of validity did Milgram's study lack?

  Ecological
• What did Milgram's study successfully measure?

  Obedience affected by nature or nurture
• Why did Milgram's study lack ecological validity?

  Administering shocks is unlikely
• Why did Milgram's study lack population validity?

  Sample only consisted of males
• What is meant when Milgram's study is described as ethnocentric?

  Study was in a specific area
• Which ethical guidelines did Milgram break?

  Deception and protection from harm
• How did the researchers deceive the participants?

  Told study was about learning
• What physical symptoms did some participants experience?

  Seizures
• Where was the newspaper advertisement placed to recruit participants?

  New Haven area
• What cognitive area is associated with the Loftus & Palmer study?

  Cognitive Area
• Why did Loftus and Palmer conduct their study?

  Due to an interest in the fragility of memory
• What was the primary aim of the Loftus and Palmer study?

  To investigate the effect of language on memory
• How many experiments did Loftus and Palmer use in their study?

  Two
• In experiment one, what type of clips did participants watch?

  Video clips that included staged car crashes
• Where were the participants from in experiment one?

  University of Washington
• How many participants were used in experiment one?

  45
• What was the critical question in the questionnaire given to participants?

  About how fast were the cars going when they...each other?
• What was the purpose of the smokescreen questions in the questionnaire?

  To cover up the aim
• What verbs were used in the critical question of experiment one?

  Smashed, bumped, collided, hit or contacted
• Which verb yielded the highest speed estimate in experiment one?

  Smashed (40.8 mph)
• Which verb yielded the lowest speed estimate in experiment one?

  Contacted (31.8 mph)
• How many participants were there in experiment two?

  150