UNIT 1

Raine (2000)

To look at the relationship between facial expressions and hemispheres of the brain.

To see the effect of touch on people’s attitudes.

To support the theory that abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex cause APD

Argyle, Alkema and Gilmour (1971)

To see if tone of voice is important when interpreting a verbal message.

To see the effect of paralinguistics on the assessment of emotion.

To see if asking leading questions affects the accuracy of recall.

Argyle and Dean (1965)

To see if asking leading questions affects the accuracy of recall.

To see if sex differences affect personal space.

To see if age effects personal space.

Zahn (1991)

To show how easily people discriminate against their out-groups.

To see if status has an effect on personal space.

To investigate children’s views of the elderly.

Willis (1966)

To see if personality has an effect on personal space.

To see if age effects personal space.

To see if sex differences affect personal space.

Summer (1969)

To see if sex differences affect personal space.

To see if personality has an effect on personal space.

To see if there are cultural differences in the use of personal space.

Williams (1971)

To see if personality has an effect on personal space.

To see if people who learn and are tested in the same environment will recall more information than those who learn and are tested in different environments.

To see if asking leading questions affects the accuracy of recall.

Davitz and Davitz (1961)

To see the effect of paralinguistics on the assessment of emotion.

To see the effect of pupil dilation on emotion.

To see if familiarity affects accuracy of identifying faces.

Buss and Plomin (1984)

To find out if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for scarce resources

To teach her class what victims of prejudice and discrimination feel like

To test the idea that temperament is innate

Craik and Lockhart (1972)

To see if the type of question asked about words will have an effect on the number of words recalled.

To see if new learning interferes with previous learning.

A loss of memory due to brain damage, perhaps because of a blow to the head, stroke or infection.

McGinley (1975)

To see if sex differences affect personal space.

To investigate the development of offending and anti-social behaviour in males studied from childhood to the age of fifty

To see the effect of postural echo when having a conversation.

Murdoch (1962)

To see if there are cultural differences in the use of personal space.

To investigate whether temperament is due to biological differences.

To provide evidence to support the multi-store explanation of memory.

Argyle (1968)

To see the effect of touch on people’s attitudes

To investigate the childhood risk factors that can be used to predict anti-social behaviour in adulthood

To see how interrupting eye contact affects conversation

Elander (2000)

To investigate the childhood risk factors that can be used to predict anti-social behaviour in adulthood

To see if the type of question asked about words will have an effect on the number of words recalled.

To investigate the development of offending and anti-social behaviour in males studied from childhood to the age of fifty

Sackeim (1978)

To look at the relationship between facial expressions and hemispheres of the brain.

To investigate whether more words are remembered when participants listen to music than in silence.

To teach her class what victims of prejudice and discrimination feel like

Hess (1963)

To see if there are cultural differences in the use of personal space.

To see the effect of pupil dilation on emotion.

To see if new learning interferes with previous learning.

Farrington (1995)

To discover whether ways of responding to the environment remain stable throughout life.

To investigate the development of offending and anti-social behaviour in males studied from childhood to the age of fifty

To look at the relationship between facial expressions and hemispheres of the brain.

Fisher, Rytting and Heslin (1976)

To look at the relationship between facial expressions and hemispheres of the brain.

To see the effect of touch on people’s attitudes.

To test the idea that temperament is innate

Thomas, Chess and Birch (1977)

To see the effect of paralinguistics on the assessment of emotion.

To discover whether ways of responding to the environment remain stable throughout life.

To see the effect of pupil dilation on emotion.

Bartlett (1932)

To see if people, when given something unfamiliar to remember, would alter the information.

To see the effect of postural echo when having a conversation.

To see if sex differences affect personal space.

Katz and Braly (1933)

To see the effect of touch on people’s attitudes.

To find out if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for scarce resources.

To investigate whether certain personality characteristics are part of the stereotypes we have about certain groups of people.

Underwood and Postman (1960)

To see if people who learn and are tested in the same environment will recall more information than those who learn and are tested in different environments.

To see if new learning interferes with previous learning.

To see if asking leading questions affects the accuracy of recall.

Adorno et al. (1955)

To find out if there is a relationship between a person’s personality type and prejudiced beliefs.

To support the theory that abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex cause APD.

To see if someone's sexuality has an effect on how well they make up quiz answers.

Bruce and Young (1998)

To investigate whether certain personality characteristics are part of the stereotypes we have about certain groups of people.

To see if asking leading questions affects the accuracy of recall.

To see if familiarity affects accuracy of identifying faces.

Sherif’s Robbers’ Cave Experiment (1961)

To find out if prejudice develops when groups of multicultural students are forced to work together.

To find out if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for mates.

To find out if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for scarce resources.

Godden and Baddeley (1975)

To see if people who learn and are tested in the same environment will recall more information than those who learn and are tested in different environments.

To see if familiarity affects accuracy of identifying faces.

To investigate the development of offending and anti-social behaviour in males studied from childhood to the age of fifty.

Tajfel’s study of in-groups and out-groups

To find out if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for mates.

To show how easily people discriminate against their out-groups.

To show how easily people associate with their out-groups.

Penrose (1980)

To investigate whether more words are remembered when participants listen to music than in silence.

To investigate whether children’s books contained sex stereotypes.

To see the effect of touch on people’s attitudes.

Loftus and Palmer (1974)

To investigate whether more words are remembered when participants listen to music than in silence.

To see if asking leading questions affects the accuracy of recall.

To find out if prejudice develops when groups are in competition for scarce resources.

Harwood (2003)

To investigate the childhood risk factors that can be used to predict anti-social behaviour in adulthood.

To investigate the development of offending and anti-social behaviour in males studied from childhood to the age of fifty.

To investigate children’s views of the elderly.

Elliott (?)

To teach her class what victims of prejudice and discrimination feel like.

To investigate children’s views of the elderly.

To investigate whether more words are remembered when participants listen to music than in silence.

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