AQA Psychology Assignment Social Influence, Memory, Attachment.pdf

AQA
PSYCHOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT - 3
TOPICS Total Marks: 60
Social Influence, Memory and Attachment


SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Question 1: Explain what is meant by the term social roles. Use an example to
explain the term. [2]
Question 2: Explain what is meant by the term authoritarian personality, in the
context of obedience explanations. [3]
MEMORY
Question 3: One technique used in cognitive interviews is ‘report everything’.
When using this technique, the police officer in this investigation read the
following instructions to the participants:
“Please tell me everything you can remember about what you saw in the film.
Do not leave anything out, even the small details you think may be
unimportant.”
Identify one other technique which could have been used by the police officer
in this cognitive interview. Write down the instructions that he could have read
out to the participants. [3]
Question 4: Briefly outline one study that has investigated the influence of
anxiety on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. [4]
ATTACHMENT
Question 5: Explain what is meant by multiple attachments. [3]

Question 6: Explain what is meant by maternal deprivation. [3]