Paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology

Which type of conformity involves changing public behaviour but not private beliefs?

In Milgram's original study, what percentage of participants went to 450 volts?

Explain what is meant by the agentic state.

Kai's school council is trying to persuade the head teacher to ban single-use plastic. At first only Kai and two friends support the idea, but over a year most of the council comes round to it. Use your knowledge of minority influence to explain how this happened.

Discuss explanations of resistance to social influence.

The capacity of short-term memory according to Miller is:

Outline the role of the episodic buffer in the working memory model.

Sam learned Spanish at school and is now learning Italian. She keeps using Spanish words in her Italian lessons. Identify the type of interference and explain why it is happening.

Discuss the cognitive interview as a way of improving the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.

Which of Schaffer and Emerson's stages occurs at around 7 months?

Describe the procedure and findings of Ainsworth's Strange Situation.

State one finding from Harlow's research with monkeys.

Describe and evaluate Bowlby's monotropic theory of attachment.

Defining abnormality as being statistically infrequent is a problem because:

Outline the cognitive characteristics of depression.

Explain how the two-process model accounts for the maintenance of a phobia.

Discuss the biological approach to explaining and treating OCD.