Psychology Key Studies

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Asch (1951)
Conformity, 123 American male students, lines, confederates, 1 real participant, 75% conformed at least once, normative social influence. Group size, unanimity/social support, task difficulty
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Zimbardo et al. (1973)
Conformity to social roles, 21 male students, prisoner or guard, dehumanised, lasted 6 days, psychological harm
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Milgram (1963)
Obedience to authority, 40 German males, teacher (participant), learner (confed.), recall words, 15V-450V, 100% to 300V, 65% to 650V, extreme stress. Proximity to learner/authority, location, uniform
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Lorenz (1935)
Imprinting, geese, half stayed with mother, half incubated with Lorenz, goslings imprinted on first moving thing they saw, critical period = 12-17 hours
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Harlow (1959)
Attachment, 8 monkeys, half get milk from cloth mother, half get milk from wire mother, 165 days, all spent most time with cloth mother, only went to wire mother for food, comfort important for forming attachment
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Ainsworth et al. (1978)
Attachment types, strange situation, 100 American infants, observed interation with mother + stranger + when left alone, 15% insecure-avoidant (Type A), 70% secure (Type B), 15% insecure-resistant (Type C)
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Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988)
Attachment types, meta-analysis of 32 cross-cultural studies of strange situation, highest proportion of type A in Germany, highest proportion of type C in Japan, most infants type B
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Skinner (1938)
Operant conditioning, positive reinforcement, rat put in Skinner box, lever released food, quickly learnt where lever was (associated with food)
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Bandura (1961)
Social learning theory, 72 American children (half boys, half girls), aggressive/ non-aggressive/ neutral model playing with Bobo doll, group with aggressive model also played aggressively with doll, imitated what they saw
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Imprinting, geese, half stayed with mother, half incubated with Lorenz, goslings imprinted on first moving thing they saw, critical period = 12-17 hours

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Attachment, 8 monkeys, half get milk from cloth mother, half get milk from wire mother, 165 days, all spent most time with cloth mother, only went to wire mother for food, comfort important for forming attachment

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