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Attachment may not be adaptive Type: Criticism One limitation is that attachment may not be adaptive Bowlby suggests that attachment has evolved as an innate system to give a survi...
Real world applications Type: Strength Enormous impact on post war thinking of childrearing and children in hospitals Prior, children were separated from parents when spending time...
Research support for normative influence Type: Strength Study: Kohnken et al. 1999 Meta analysis of 53 studies. Found 34% average increase in the amount of correct information gene...
Research support for normative influence Type: Strength Study: Linkenbach and Perkins 2003 Found adolescents exposed to the message 'the majority of their age peers don't smoke' we...
Nation vs. Culture Type: Criticism The finding is based on countries not cultures Therefore the study lacks validity since there are different subcultures in each country The study...
Confounding variable Type: Criticism The type of head was different for each wired mother The type of head may have acted as another independent variable Therefore the monkeys may...
Research support for imprinting Type: Strength Study: Guiton 1966 Chicks were exposed to rubber gloves for feeding them during their first few weeks, this led to the chicks imprint...
Role of genetic factors is supported by family studies Type: Strength Study: Nestadt et al. 2000 Found people with family members with OCD had a 5x greater risk of having OCD thems...
Research support Type: Strength Study: Ellis 1957 Claimed 90% success rate for REBT Average of 27 sessions to complete However recognised that treatment was not always successful R...
Support for the role of irrational thinking Type: Limitation Study: Hammen and Krantz 1976 Found that depressed participants made more errors in logic when asked to interpret writt...
Effective Type: Strength Study: Soomro et al. 2008 Found drugs were more effective than placebos in reducing symptoms However most studies in the meta analysis only lasted for thre...
Systematic Desensitisation Widely applicable Type: Strength Study: McGrath et al. 1990 Reported that 75% of patients with phobias responded More likely to be successful if patients...