PSY Essays

Formation:

AO1: 

·         R/N/S Byrne and Clore 1970 - OC+CC

·         Filter Model - Kerckhoff and Davies 1962

AO2:

·         Support: Griffit and Guay 69 (R/N/S) Kerchoff 62 (filter) - methodological issues

·         Reductionist: Filter + R/N/S + Cultural bias Lott 1994 women / Imposed etic + Indigenous

·         Retrospective: 69/63 - Skype - matching needs :)

Maintenance:

AO1: 

·         Equity Theory - Messick and Cook 83

AO2:

·         Calculative: Clarks and Mills 79 'economics' 

·         Insufficient: Ragsdale and Brandau Brown 07 'incomplete rendering' / Larsson 98 'wives' / Therapy: Larsson  

·         Gender Differences: Steil and Weltman 91 'women demands' / retrospective 91 > 22 years 

·         Cultural Bias: Amur Ryan 07 - Hawaiians/Jamaicans 

Breakdown:

AO1: 

·         Duck and Rollie 06 - six stage 

·         Equity Theory - Messick and Cook 83

AO2:

·         Cultural Bias: Amur Ryan 07 - Hawaiians/Jamaicans / Beta bias - Kassan 96 

·         Useful: Equity therapy Larsson 98 

·         Outdated: Facebook - non-static env. 

·         Calculative: Clarks and Mills 79 'economics' 

Sexual Selection and Human Reproductive Behaviour:

AO1: 

·         ** to select - Miller 98

·         HRB mating preferences

AO2:

·         Support: Intersexual + LT - Buss 89 / Intrasexual and ST - Clarke and Hatfield 89 0%/75%

·         Justifiable? male promiscuity? Buss 2000 'genetic diverse' for women

·         Reflects society? Nicolson 99 'static' HRB adaptable / Miller 98 traits 'humour' 

Sex Differences in Parental Investment:

AO1: 

·         Trivers 97 'any investment from a parent > offspring ^ chance of survival' / maternal postnatal / Symons 79 'teaspoon of semen' 

·         paternal - Daly and Wilson 78 - cuckoldry / Buss 95 jealousy adaptive / Miller 98 resources

AO2:

·         Physiological evidence: Geher 07 heart rate - non-conscious - triangulation distorted 

·         Outdated: Anderson 99 step-fathers / Modern family 72? homosexuality?

·         Eliminate? Paternity / Child maintenance / Journal of SP - Geher 'coherent' evo+modern

Influence of Childhood:

AO1: 

·         Bowlby's attachment theory 96 / CH + IWM + Ainsworth's types

·         Friendships: Nangle 03 'training ground' Qualter and Munn 05 'self-learn' 

AO2:

·         Accuracy? Hazan + Shaver 98 <3 quiz 14-82yr / Animal studies - Harlow 78 rhesus :)

·         Individual Dif? Simpson 07 secure = express / Zimmerman 00 LE Divorce / Hamilton 94 - secure?insecure - life events 

·         Deterministic: abuse = bad relations - Anderson 06 trust experience / Main 85 reduce neg patterns (opp CH)

·         Apply? Division of Psychological - Lopez 07 clinicians attachment = understanding

Influence of Culture:

AO1: 

·   Hogg + Vaughn 05 'set of practises' / W+NW - Moghaddam 93 I-temp+volun C-perm+non-volun

·   Differences: Levine 95 love - 14% USA yes Thailand 34% / comparative luxury

AO2:

·    Cultural Bias: Sustainability Gupta and Singh 82 non-vol :) - methods / Divorce (92) 40% USA 4% China - div acceptable? Love diff to establish

·    Not useful: Umadevi 92 - no variation - product of urbanisation - indigenous 

·     Migration: Acculturation - Zaidi + Shuraydi 02 2ndgen W- Huang 05 leniency divorce / media 

·    More research: Kim + Berry 93 'dangerous to apply' - imposed / Indigenous resolve cultural baggage - Bartels 00 brain love fmri - methodological issues solved