Overview of core studies

Overview of core studies

1. Social Psychology

   • Asch (1955)
     • Opinions and social pressure
       • Conformity
         • Line lengths
   • Milgram (1963)
     • Behavioural study of obedience
       • Electric shocks

2. Physiological Psychology

   • Rahe, Mahan and Arthur (1970)
     • Prediction of near future health change from subjects preceding life changes
       • TLCU's
       • SRE
       • SSRS
       • Link between stress and illness
         • Linear relationship
   • Bennett-Levy and Marteau (1984)
     • Fear of animals: what is prepared?
       • biological preparedness
       • EEA

3. Cognitive Psychology

   • Loftus and Palmer (1974)
     • Reconstruction of automobile destruction: an example of the interaction between language and memory
       • eyewitness testimony
       • Leading Questions
   • Gardner and Gardner (1969)
     • Teaching sign language to a chimpanzee

4. Developmental Psychology

   • Gibson and Walk (1960)
     • The Visual Cliff
   • Langer and Rodin (1976)
     • The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged

5. Individual Differences

   • Buss (1989)
     • Sex differences in human mate preferences
   • Rosenhan (1973)
     • On being sane in insane places