Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. The term ‘object permanence’ is used to describe a child’s ability to know that objects continue to exist even though they can no longer be observed or heard. If you have played a game of ‘peek-a-boo’ with a […]
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James Pridgeon blogs on Zimbardo’s infamous Stanford University Prison Experiment of 1971
This very controversial study took place in 1971 and involved 4 experimenters: Phillip Zimbardo, Craig Haney, Curtis Banks and Carlo Prescott. His aim was to examine whether people would conform to the social roles of a prison guard or prisoner, when placed in a mock prison environment. Furthermore, he also wanted to examine whether the […]
James Pridgeon blogs about Dissociative Identity Disorder.
A review of the controversial film split and the causes of dissociative identity disorder Class schoolmates, Casey, Claire, and Marcia are about to embark on a journey into pure nightmare when a birthday party at a mall ends up in an abduction in broad daylight. 23 suppressed personalities reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb, a shattered man […]