Use of psychological knowledge in society

• (social) key question: why do we blindly obey?
• (cognitive) Key question: how does knowledge of memory help support people with dementia?
• (biological) key question: what are the implications to society if aggression is found to be nature not nurture?
• (child) key question is what issues should parents take into account when deciding about daycare for their child?
• (learning) key question: "Is the influence of role models and celebrities something that causes anorexia?"
• (social) blind obedience is obeying without questioning the order.
• (cognitive) use of knowledge of memory to improve care and treatment for dementia
• (learning) role of models and celebrities effect development of anorexia nervosa
• (biological) nature vs nurture argument to why aggression occurs due to genes vs environment.
• (social) reducing prejudice in society by using superordinate goals.
• (social) obtaining obedience is more likely when in person orders, wearing uniforms and collective obedience.
• (social) some policies, like multiculturalism, are based on the idea that all people are equal, reduces prejudice more than other policies like assimilation.
• (social) understanding personality links to discrimination, authoritarian personality, helping to reduce.
• (cognitive) issues around eyewitness account reliability can challenge accounts and insure correct justice.
• (cognitive) memory findings can help society to understand memory difficulties to support people.
• (cognitive) strategies can be developed to strengthen poor short term memory.
• (learning) learning theories can be used in schools for rewards are given to reward good behaviour.
• (learning) token economy programmes can be used in prisons to shape behaviour.
• (learning) classical conditioning can be used to help with phobias and anxiety.
• (learning) social learning theory shows TV violence links to aggression in children. So 9PM watershed brought in.
• (biological) understanding of aggression cause means guidance on how to deal with it can be given.