Overview of core studies

Social Psychology
1. Asch (1955)
  1. Opinions and social pressure
    1. Conformity
      1. Line lengths
2. Milgram (1963)
  1. Behavioural study of obedience
    1. Electric shocks
Physiological Psychology
1. Rahe, Mahan and Arthur (1970)
  1. Prediction of near future health change from subjects preceding life changes
    1. TLCU's
    2. SRE
    3. SSRS
    4. Link between stress and illness
      1. Linear relationship
2. Bennett-Levy and Marteau (1984)
  1. Fear of animals: what is prepared?
    1. biological preparedness
    2. EEA
Cognitive Psychology
1. Loftus and Palmer (1974)
  1. Reconstruction of automobile destruction: an example of the interaction between language and memory
    1. eyewitness testimony
    2. Leading Questions
2. Gardner and Gardner (1969)
  1. Teaching sign language to a chimpanzee
Developmental Psychology
1. Gibson and Walk (1960)
  1. The Visual Cliff
2. Langer and Rodin (1976)
  1. The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged
Individual Differences
1. Buss (1989)
  1. Sex differences in human mate preferences
2. Rosenhan (1973)
  1. On being sane in insane places

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