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Component 2: Core studies - Developmental area (external influences on behaviour)

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Can a toy-like reward built into an inhaler improve how reliably children take their asthma medication?

Contemporary study: Chaney et al. (2004), A new asthma spacer device (the Funhaler) to improve compliance in children. Aim, method, results and conclusions, evaluation, and links to the developmental area and operant conditioning.
An OCR A-Level Psychology answer to the contemporary developmental study, Chaney et al. (2004) on the Funhaler asthma spacer. Covers the aim, field-experiment method comparing the Funhaler with the standard inhaler, the compliance findings, operant conditioning, evaluation, and links to Bandura and the developmental area.
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Do children learn aggression by imitating an adult model they have watched?

Classic study: Bandura, Ross and Ross (1961), Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Aim, method, results and conclusions, evaluation, and links to the developmental area and social learning theory.
An OCR A-Level Psychology answer to the classic developmental study, Bandura, Ross and Ross (1961) on the transmission of aggression. Covers the aim, matched-pairs laboratory method, the Bobo doll findings on imitation and same-sex modelling, social learning theory, evaluation, and links to Chaney and the developmental area.
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Does moral reasoning develop through a fixed sequence of stages as children grow up?

Classic study: Kohlberg (1968), The development of moral reasoning. Aim, method, results and conclusions, evaluation, and links to the developmental area and stages of moral reasoning.
An OCR A-Level Psychology answer to the classic developmental study, Kohlberg (1968) on the development of moral reasoning. Covers the aim, longitudinal and cross-cultural interview method using moral dilemmas, the three levels and six stages, evaluation, and links to Lee and the developmental area.
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Do children in different cultures judge lying and truth-telling in the same way?

Contemporary study: Lee et al. (1997), Cultural differences in children's moral evaluations of lying and truth-telling. Aim, method, results and conclusions, evaluation, and links to the developmental area and Kohlberg.
An OCR A-Level Psychology answer to the contemporary developmental study, Lee et al. (1997) on cultural differences in children's moral evaluations of lying and truth-telling. Covers the aim, cross-cultural method comparing Chinese and Canadian children, the pro-social and anti-social story findings, evaluation, and links to Kohlberg and the developmental area.
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