Core studies

Cognitive Area

Loftus and Palmer

Aims

Experiment 1

Sample

Procedure

Results
Accuracy of speed estimates

Results
Comparison of speed estimates

Conclusions and explanation of results

Experiment 2

Sample

Procedure

Results
Comparison of speed estimates

Results
Broken glass

Conclusion and explanation of results

Grant et al

Aims

Sample

Procedure

Results
mean reading time

Results
Correct answers out of 10 for recall

Results
Correct answers out of 16 for recognition

Conclusions

Simons and Chabris

Aims

Sample

Procedure
The video clip

Procedure
What they did

Results
Inattentional blindness
Percentage of times they noticed the unexpected event

Conclusions

Moray

Aims

Pre-test

Experiment 1

Sample

Procedure

Results

Conclusions

Experiment 2

Sample

Procedure

Results

Conclusions

Experiment 3

Sample

Procedure

Results

Conclusions

Developmental area

Bandura et al

Aims

Sample

Pre-testing

Model conditions

Procedure
Stage 1 (10 mins)

Procedure
Stage 2 (2 mins)

Procedure
Stage 3 (20 mins)

Results
Physical aggression

Results
Verbal aggression

Conclusions

Chaney et al

Aims

Sample

Funhaler device

Procedure

Behavioural results

Attitudinal results

Conclusions

Kohlberg

Aims

Sample

Procedure

Findings

Conclusions

Lee et al

Aims

Sample

Story types

Procedure

Results
Pro-social

Results
Anti-social

Results
Qualitative

Conclusions

Individual differences area

Freud

Aims

Sample

Procedure

Findings
Giraffe daydream

Findings
Fear of bath

Findings
Plumber fantasy

Conclusions

Baron Cohen

Aims

Sample

Procedure

Procedure
Eyes task
Done by all groups

Procedure
Strange stories
Done by autism and tourette groups

Procedure
Control tasks
Done by autism group only

Results

Conclusions

Gould

Aims

Sample

Design of the tests
Army alpha

Design of the tests
Army beta

Problems with the way they were designed

Administering the tests

Problems with administering

Findings

Problems with the interpretation of findings

How the findings were applied

Problems with applying the findings

Conclusions

Hancock et al

Aims

Participants

Procedure
Stage 1

Procedure
Stage 2

Procedure
Stage 3

Findings

Findings

Conclusions

Social area

Milgram

Aims

Participants

Procedure

Procedure

Findings

Conclusion

Bocchiaro

Aims

Sample

Procedure
Room 1

Procedure
Room 2

Procedure
Back to room 1

Results

Results
Personal inventories
Quotes

Conclusions

Piliavin et al

Aims

Participants

Procedure

Procedure
Layout of carriage

Procedure
Victim
Model

Procedure
Observers

Findings
Quantitative

Findings
Qualitative

Conclusions

Levine et al

Aims

Sample

Procedure
Dropped pen

Procedure
Hurt leg

Procedure
Blind person cross street

Procedure
Discarded tasks

Results

Results

Conclusions

Biological area

Sperry

Aims

Sample

Procedure, findings and conclusion
Right visual field

Procedure, findings and conclusion
Left visual field

Procedure, findings and conclusion
Simultaneously to both visual fields
Apple in left, key in right

Casey et al

Aims

Experiment 1

Sample

Procedure
Hot task
Cool task

Procedure
Group sets

Procedure

Results

Results

Conclusions

Experiment 2

Sample

Procedure

Results

Conclusions

Overall conclusions

Blakemore and Cooper

Aims

Participants

Procedure

Behavioural results
Initial reactions

Behavioural results
After 10 hours of exposure to well-lit surroundings

Behavioural results
Horizontal and vertical differences

Neurophysiological results

Conclusions

Maguire et al

Aims

Participants

Procedure

Results

Conclusions