Key Studies in Psychology 6th Edition

Summary:
Psychology is full of agreements and disagreements! Here Richard Gross pairs up 30 studies to show you how the classic theories in Psychology are constantly revisited by modern researchers.

In a new focus for this 6th edition, the emphasis is on how these classic and contemporary studies relate. From the differences and similarities between them you'll understand not just the studies themselves, but develop the study skills you need to write about Psychology in exams and essays. The aim is to help you understand how specific research and issues fit into the science of Psychology as a whole, and where that science is going.

Key Studies in Psychology 6th Edition is a life-saver in the sea of Psychological research - grab onto it!

• New pairings approach develops evaluation skills needed by Psychology students.
• Relate classic papers from A Level to cutting edge research needed at HE.
• Practise evaluation skills needed for exams and essays.
• Get ready for Uni study by gaining confidence understanding journal articles.
• Questions and answers throughout to help develop interpretation and evaluation skills
• Each study is summarised in simplified form, explaining jargon along the way. The background, methods, and findings are all set out and clearly interpreted.
• Lots of evaluation help, and pointers for developing your own evaluation skills in each pairing.
• Links throughout to further studies, and wider debates and topics in Psychology.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Language and memory
Background and context
Loftus, E.E. & Palmer, J.C. (1974) Reconstruction of an automobile destruction: an example of the interaction between language and memory
Laney, C., Fowler, N.B., Nelson, K.J., Bernstein, D.M. & Loftus, E.F. (2008) The persistence of false beliefs
Evaluation
Answers
Chapter 3 Teaching language to non-humans
Background and context
Gardner, R.A. and Gardner, B.T. (1969) Teaching sign language to a chimpanzee
Savage-Rumbaugh, S., Fields, W.M. & Taglialatela, J. (2000) Ape-consciousness-human consciousness: a perspective informed by language and culture
Evaluation
Answers
Chapter 4 Autism and theory of mind
Background and context
Baron-Cohen, S, Jolliffe, T., Mortimore, C. & Robertson, M. (1997) Another advanced test of theory of mind: evidence from very high-functioning adults with autism or Asperger syndrome
Back, E., Ropar, D. and Mitchell, P. (2007) Do the eyes have it? Inferring mental states from animated faces in autism
Evaluation
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Chapter 5 Attachment in adulthood
Background and context
Hazan, C. & Shaver, P.R. (1987) Romantic love conceptualised as an attachment process
Schachner, D.A., Shaver, P.R. & Gillath, O. (2008) Attachment style and long-term singlehood
Evaluation
Answers
Chapter 6 Social influences on aggression
Background and context
Bandura, A., Ross, D. and Ross, S.A. (1961) Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models
Moller, I. and Krahe, B. (2009) Exposure to violent video games and aggression in German adolescents: a longitudinal analysis
Evaluation
Answers
Chapter 7 Sex reassignment
Background and context
Diamond, M. and Sigmundson, H.K. (1997) Sex-reassignment at birth
Lobato, M.I., Koff, W.J., Crestana, T., Chaves, C., Salvador, J., Petry, A.R., Silveira, E., Henriques, A.A., Cervo, F., Bohme, E.S. & Massuda, R. (2009) Using the Defensive Style Questionnaire to evaluate the impact of sex reassignment surgery on defensive mechanisms in transsexual patients
Evaluation
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Chapter 8 The diagnosis and nature of mental disorder
Background and context
Rosenhan, D.L. (1973) On being sane in insane places
Ahn, W-k., Flanagan, E.H., Marsh, J.K. & Sanislow, C.A. (2006) Beliefs about essences and the reality of mental disorders
Evaluation
Answers
Chapter 9 Gambling addiction
Background and context
Griffiths, M. (2003) Fruit machine addiction in an adolescent female: a case study
Parke, A. and Griffiths, M. (2005) Aggressive behaviour in adult slot-machine gamblers: a qualitative observational study
Evaluation
Answers
Chapter 10 The effects of psychotherapy
Background and context
Eysenck, H.J. (1952) The effects of psychotherapy: an evaluation
Zubieta, J-K., Bueller, J.A., Jackson, L.R., Scott, D.J., Xu, Y., Koeppe, R.A., Nichols, T.E. & Stohler, C.S. (2005) Placebo effects mediated by endogenous opioid activity on µ-opioid receptors
Evaluation
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Chapter 11 Obedience
Background and context
Milgram, S. (1963) Behavioural study of obedience
Burger, J.M. (2009) Replicating Milgram: Would people still obey today?
Evaluation
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Chapter 12 The social psychology of prisons and tyranny
Background and context
Haney, C., Banks, C. and Zimbardo, P. (1973) A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison
Reicher, S. and Haslam, S.A. (2006) Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: the BBC prison study
Evaluation
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Chapter 13 Bystander intervention
Background and context
Piliavin, I.M., Rodin, J. and Piliavin, J.A. (1969) Good samaritanism: an underground phenomenon?
Fischer, P., Greitemeyer, T., Pollozek, F. & Frey, D. (2006) The unresponsive bystander: are bystanders more responsive in dangerous emergencies?
Evaluation
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Chapter 14 Sleep, dreams and emotion
Background and context
Dement, W. and Kleitman, N. (1957) The relation of eye movements during sleep to dream activity: an objective method for the study of dreaming
Nishida, M., Pearsall, J., Buckner, R.L and Walker, M.P. (2009) REM sleep, prefrontal theta, and the consolidation of human emotional memory
Evaluation
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Chapter 15 The abilities of split-brain patients
Background and context
Sperry, R.W. (1968) Hemisphere deconnection and unity in conscious awareness
Colvin, M.K., Funnell, M.G. and Gazzaniga, M.S. (2005) Numerical processing in the two hemispheres: studies of a split-brain patient
Evaluation
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Chapter 16 Near-death experiences
Background and context
Blackmore, S. (1988) Visions for the dying brain: near-death experiences may tell us more about consciousness and the brain than about what lies beyond the grave
Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Kersnik, J. and Grmec, S. (2010) The effect of carbon dioxide on near-death experiences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: a prospective observational study
Evaluation
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About the Author(s):
Richard Gross is the leading author in Psychology publishing in the UK. His bestselling titles include 'Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour' and 'Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology'.

Readership:
A-Level