Aqa A-Level Psychology: Paper 1 Already Passed

LIMITATION OF CONTINUITY OF ATTACHMENT: THEORETICAL PROBLEM W/ RESEARCH {Ans: IWMs are unconscious - we aren't directly aware of them. cannot expect direct evidence of them thro' self-report (can't report on something we aren't aware of). at best we have indirect evidence about IWMs. this limits most research.}FATHER AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER {Ans: evidence suggests that when fathers take on role as primary caregiver they adopt typical behaviours of mothers. level of response is important: can be the more nurturing attachment figure if they give correct cues such as smiling, holding hands, etc.}YERKES-DODSON LAW {Ans: the principle that performance increases with arousal (anxiety) only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases.}STRENGTH OF MONOTROPY: EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT EXISTENCE AND VALUE OF SOCIAL RELEASERS {Ans: researcher instructed caregivers to ignore babies' social releasers. babies initially showed some distress, but some curled up and lay motionless. supports Bowlby's ideas that social behaviour elicit caregiving response from adults.}AUTHORITATIAN PERSONALITY {Ans: a personality that is disposed to favor obedience to authority and intolerance of outgroups and those lower in status forms in childhood due to harsh parenting and conditional love. experiences create resentment and hostility in child which cannot be