Exam Questions

Identify the independent variable in the first experiment conducted by Loftus and Palmer on eyewitness testimony.

Outline how the IV was manipulated in Loftus & Palmer's first experiment.

The study by Baron-Cohen on
autism involved 3 groups of participants. Describe two of these groups.

What was the other sample group used in the Baron Cohen study?

Savage-Rumbaugh - identify 2 pieces of evidence that suggest pygmy chimpanzees have a greater aptitude for symbol acquisition than common chimpanzees.

Baron Cohen -
Identify 2 differences between the performance of the autistic
adults and the Tourette Syndrome adults.

Baron Cohen - Outline what this study tells us about advanced theory of mind.

Loftus and Palmer -
outline two ways in which the procedure was standardised.

Savage Rumbaugh - identify 1 reason why Kanzi was taught symbol acquisition as a means of
communication

Savage Rumbaugh - Outline one way in which the researchers recorded Kanzi’s symbol acquisition

Baron Cohen - identify one
of the word pairs in the ‘Eyes Task’

Baron Cohen - outline 2
findings from the ‘Eyes Task’

Savage Rumbaugh - Identify two
ways in which quantitative data was gathered.

Savage Rumbaugh - Give two
examples of quantitative data collected in this study.

Loftus and Palmer - Identify the two experimental groups in Experiment 2.

Loftus and Palmer - Outline one
difference between the responses given by the two experimental groups in Experiment 2.

Savage Rumbaugh - What were the names of the two pygmy chimpanzees studied?

Savage Rumbaugh - Explain why K & M may not have been representative of their own species.

Baron Cohen - Describe how two
of the groups of participants were selected.

Describe the procedure in the second experiment conducted by Loftus and Palmer on eyewitness testimony.

Describe 2 of the formal tests conducted by Savage Rumbaugh to assess Kanzi's language acquisition.

Loftus and Palmer - what were the responses to the question, “Did you see any broken
glass?”

Loftus and Palmer - outline one
difference in performance between the 3 groups.

Loftus and Palmer - Outline one conclusion that can be drawn from the results table.

Baron Cohen - Identify the two control groups used.

Baron Cohen - Explain why one of these control groups was used.

Identify two symbols Kanzi identified correctly using the lexigram keyboard before any training.

Explain why Kanzi was able to identify these symbols without training.

The Loftus and Palmer study on
eyewitness testimony involved the experimental method.
Describe one strength and one
weakness of the experimental method used in this study.

In the study by Baron-Cohen,the autistic and Asperger Syndrome participants were found to be unimpaired on two control tasks.
Describe these two control tasks.