As-Level Psychology (Ocr) Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Why did Baron-Cohen et al do this study? (this answer is related to age) {Ans: The Sally Anne test & other methods of measuring ToM aren't appropriate for assessing adults on the spectrum, more advanced ToM test needed.}Ethnocentric bias {Ans: believing that the way one's own culture does things is the right and normal way to do them}How has Milgram's study impacted society? {Ans: - Professions are no longer to plead obedience as an excuse , people are encouraged to question authority - Attitudes regarding war causes have now been changed}If you're testing for a difference using repeated measures with ordinal or continuous data, what test would you use? {Ans: Wilcoxon test}Bocchiaro et al ( 2012 ) aim {Ans: to investigate the extent to which individuals disobey authority and whistleblow}Casey et al (2011) experiment 1 procedure (6) {Ans: Participants tested on laptops in their own homes . Participants were given a go / nogo task ( photo of a man's / woman's face ) . Had to press a button on any trial where the photo matched the target ( = go ) and not press if the photo did not match the target