Lesson 2.6.1

2.6.1 Comparing paired classic and contemporary studies Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which classic obedience study was replicated by Bocchiaro et al. to examine whistleblowing?

    • Asch
    • Milgram
    • Zimbardo
    • Piliavin
  2. How does Baron-Cohen et al.'s contemporary autism study improve upon classic theory of mind research?

    • Longitudinal tracking
    • Cross-cultural samples
    • Refined adult test
    • Qualitative interviews
  3. Which classic developmental study used an overt longitudinal interview method unlike modern snapshot surveys?

    • Kohlberg
    • Freud
    • Piaget
    • Bandura
  4. Which contemporary cognitive study used advanced neuroimaging technology unavailable during Sperry's split-brain research?

    • Milgram
    • Loftus and Palmer
    • Blagrove
    • Casey et al.
  5. In evaluating ethics, why do contemporary studies often face stricter scrutiny than classic studies?

    • Secretive procedures
    • No consent forms
    • Higher ethical codes
    • More severe harm
  6. Which classic memory study pairs with Loftus and Palmer to demonstrate reconstructive eyewitness flaws?

    • Sperling
    • Ebbinghaus
    • Bartlett
    • Baddeley
  7. What common methodological flaw do both Bandura's classic aggression study and contemporary media studies share?

    • Demand characteristics
    • Double-blind failure
    • Self-selected bias
    • Informed consent
  8. Which contemporary study evaluated historical psychometric testing data using modern statistical bias critiques?

    • Gould
    • Freud
    • Haney
    • Milgram
  9. How do contemporary social studies like Piliavin et al. typically differ from Milgram regarding mundane realism?

    • Strictly animal subjects
    • Higher mundane realism
    • Lower ethical risk
    • Only qualitative data
  10. Which contemporary biopsychology study investigated neural correlates of delay of gratification?

    • Sperry
    • Casey et al.
    • Maguire
    • Blagrove
  11. What quantitative advantage do modern eye-tracking measures have over classic self-report questionnaires?

    • No ethical issues
    • Cost-free implementation
    • Objective physiological data
    • Guaranteed informed consent
  12. Which classic individual differences study pairs with Freud's case study of Little Hans?

    • Asch
    • Milgram
    • Watson
    • Thigpen and Cleckley
  13. Why might a contemporary replication of a classic study yield different results regarding cultural norms?

    • Mandatory sample sizes
    • Flawed original data
    • Banned research ethics
    • Temporal validity shifts
  14. Which contemporary cognitive study analysed naturalistic word choice patterns of psychopathic murderers?

    • Loftus and Palmer
    • Baron-Cohen
    • Sperry
    • Hancock et al.
  15. Which classic developmental study investigated conservation, contrasting with modern cognitive development experiments?

    • Piaget
    • Kohlberg
    • Freud
    • Bandura
  16. What major ethical safeguard absent in many classic studies is strictly enforced in contemporary psychological research?

    • Randomisation
    • Debriefing
    • Operationalisation
    • Stratification
  17. Which classic social study on conformity directly contrasts with contemporary investigations into peer pressure?

    • Bocchiaro
    • Piliavin
    • Milgram
    • Asch
  18. Which classic physiological study investigates sleep and dreaming using EEG technology, preceding modern sleep labs?

    • Dement and Kleitman
    • Bandura
    • Sperry
    • Milgram
  19. Which contemporary social psychology study examines helping behaviour in a realistic subway train setting?

    • Piliavin et al.
    • Milgram
    • Asch
    • Zimbardo
  20. What key methodological advantage do contemporary brain-imaging studies have over Sperry's historical split-brain research?

    • Self-reports
    • Case notes
    • fMRI scans
    • Observations

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