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Stereotyping is a set of generalisations about a group of people or a social group which are often incorrect.

Prejudice is a negative opinion formed before meeting someone.

Discrimination is...

Eyewitness accounts lack ecological validity as they do not take in the real world, like they would in an actual crime scene. They may take place in a laboratory setting. Therefore, their findings cannot ...

Social influences Conformity can be regarded as one form of social influence which describes the tendency to align ones attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours with a group. Thus, it can be regarded as a 'majo...

The Multi-Store Model of Memory proposes that there are 3 parts of the memory system: Sensory Register (SM) – environmental stimulus from your senses causes information t...

What did the old study teach us: Freud taught us how our unconcious can cause disorders such as phobia's, through implementing defence mechanisms to protect our ego, this meant that displacement and proje...