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Harlow's experiment of attachment on rhesus monkeys has been criticised on a number of grounds. For example in terms of ethics and harm to the participants. Following the monkeys used into adulthood, resu...

Asch's (1951) lab experiment consisted of 50 male college students judging the length of lines to investigate conformity. The group of 8 included the 'naive' participant with 7 confederates and each perso...

Monotropy is an idea that one of the most famous developmental psychologists, John Bowlby, came with. He believed that infants are born with the innate need to create one main and special bond with their ...

The psychology A-level specifications expect students to critically evaluate the experimental design and validity of the studies that they have been looking at throughout the year. This question has a sim...

Maguire et al. (2000) looked at MRI scans of London taxi drivers. These drivers had to undergo extensive navigational training, known as ‘The Knowledge’ before they became drivers. It was found that, comp...