in 4 Pages
Explain these 3
studies in essay format using these guidelines
• In
your discussion of each study, please provide one to two sentences for each:
• Topic
from your textbook, this study relates to (and definition)
• Purpose
of study
• Method
– a) # participants; b) was it an experiment, correlational, observational,
qualitative, other; c) brief
description of materials
• Findings
• Significance
• One
criticism
• CURRENT
application of findings (last 10 years)
The readings will upload in the files
Study 1 – what you expect is what you get
Some additional guidelines
• Self-fulfilling
prophecy and Pygmalion effect – Do teachers’ expectations influence student
performance?
• Intelligence
test to students – teachers told it revealed “blooming”
• However,
“results” given to teachers were fake – students randomly selected
• End
of year, test given again
• Students
with “greater potential” averaged greater improvement (biggest difference Gr.
1-2)
• Fairness
in teaching and testing
• Issues?
Ethical?
Study 2 – obey at any cost
Some additional guidelines
• Obedience
– Just how much will people violate their own moral code just because an
authority figure told them to?
• Teacher,
learner, shock generator
• 65%
went to maximum voltage
• Debriefed
after, but were often distraught
• Conditions
exist that promote greater obedience
• Prisons,
negative treatment of groups in our society
• Issues?
Ethics?
Study 3 – see aggression, do aggression
Some additional guidelines
• Aggression
and social learning theory – aggressive models lead to aggressive behavior
(among others)
• Bobo
doll study – aggressive, non-aggressive models of different gender
• Violent
models led to violent behaviors, gender differences
• Violence
in media, how learning occurs, gender typing
• Issues?
Lab – the doll is meant to be punched!