Cambridge AICE Psychology - Research Methods (2024-2026 Syllabus)

Jenae wants to know whether to make her study structured, unstructured, or semi-structured. What is she planning?

The more you watch TikTok, the more you mew. This is what type of correlation?

Aimee has one group do push-ups before their test and another group do nothing. What experimental design is this?

Which group is the experimental group in Andrade's (doodling) study?

You are writing a planning essay for a correlational study. Which planning feature does not belong?

Lewis replicates the CCHS Prison Study and turns the media center into a mock prison. What kind of observation is this?

Lizamanda has come up with several distinct behavioral categories. What type of study is she planning?

Paper-and-pencil and online are the two most likely formats for which self-report measure?

What is something that Hassett et al. (monkey toy preferences) did to increase inter-rater reliability.

Which core study is most likely to suffer from a lack of objectivity in analyzing the results?

What piece of qualitative data was collected in Dement & Kleitman's (sleep and dreaming) study?

Chipo wants to study ducks instead of humans. What is an ethical guideline he will need to consider?

Which of the following tells you how spread out your data is?

Alisson is the same height right now as she was this morning. The consistency of those two measurements shows

Kayla is considering the unit to be studied and how she will use triangulation. Which research design is she planning?

Mahi wants to study obedience in dogs. How could she ensure her study has the best ecological validity?

Which is NOT a measure of central tendency?

How did Fagen et al. (elephant learning) address the ethical guideline of numbers?

Dillan is collecting data on IQ but has extreme outliers. Which measure of central tendency should he use?

How do researchers limit order effects?

Jaleah is going to operationally define two co-variables. What type of study is she planning?

Moises is asking participants questions but sticks entirely to the script. This is a/an _______ interview.

Jailani has taken info about her classmate's GPA and how many hours they play Fortnite. Which graph should she use?

You are writing a planning essay for an experiment. Which planning feature does not belong?

Zoey was a subject in an experiment. It was long and boring and her performance declined. What is this called?

Julianna is a student with a bizarre mental condition so we study her in depth. This is called

Which ethical consideration is not relevant to animal research?

Which of the core studies is a case study?

Karen is having trouble finding people for her research so she asks her besties to do it. What sampling is this?

Harmony is studying musical training. What is one standardization she could use?

Gia has an independent and dependent variable. What type of research design is she using?

What is a feature of a study that would increase demand characteristics?

What is an issue with longitudinal studies?

In the data set, "4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 10" - "4" would be the

You are writing a planning essay for an observational study. Which planning feature does not belong?

Which type of experiment would involve the most standardization?

I asked four people how many times per day they dab. They said 10, 2, 5, and 15. What is the range?

If you are looking at how two variables correlate, which graph would you use?

Sabina gives the class a personality test but finds the standard deviation is really high. What does that mean?

Which of the following usually provides quantitative data?

Sean wants to know if he should hide when he watches people. This is a key consideration of a/an _______.

If you are comparing ranges of data rather than distinct groups, which graph would you use?

Bandura (aggression) is an example of which experimental design?

Amanda is running an experiment. She gives one group cocaine and the other a placebo. The group with a placebo is

Tara asks freshman students to be in her research but does not ask their parents' permission. She violated

Salia has 2 groups - one that mews and one that doesn't - and measures their attractiveness. Which graph should she use?

A limitation is self-reports in psychological research is

Farah has only one pre-set interview question: "Do you enjoy being a serial killer?". This is a/an _______ interview.

Catie is observing people at a park. She hides behind a tree so they don't see her. This is

Sebastian wants to study how old people get crankier over time. Which planning feature will he need in his essay?

One example of a core study that used structured observation is

Jennifer knows that she must be prepared to evaluate her planning essay in terms of

The variables in correlational studies are called

When you have two distinct groups to compare, which type of graph would you use?

Which of the following core studies would have the best ecological validity?

Miguel is studying depression. What is a good operational definition?

Which is most likely to have a negative correlation with grades?

You are writing a planning essay for a case study. Which planning feature does not belong?

Which type of sampling is the only one that gives everyone in the population an equal chance of being chosen?

For an observation to be structured, it should have

Which of the following do case studies usually have?

Which of the core studies has the biggest issue with informed consent?

Angiemy needs to consider whether her study is face-to-face or telephone administered. This is a feature of what method?

Which experimental design was used by Dement & Kleitman (sleep and dreaming) when they woke subjects in REM and NREM?

What is the best way to reduce participant confounds?

You are writing a planning essay for a self-report. Which planning feature does not belong?

An experiment that is done in a real-world setting is a called a _______ experiment.

Milgram (obedience) pressured participants to stay in the study by using prods. Which ethical guideline was broken?

In Perry et al. (personal space), what was an independent variable?

Iralyz wants to know what wrestlers do for fun so she joins the wrestling team to conduct an observation. This is

On your Cambridge exam, you would expect different examiners to still give you the same score. What is this called?

Andiel replicates his experiment four times and gets the same result. We can say the experiment is

Juan and Kayden are rating the ability of their teachers. They both give their psych teacher a 10. Their ratings are

You are writing a planning essay for a longitudinal study. Which planning feature does not belong?

Which core study used both quantitative AND qualitative data?

If Jarah is planning a field experiment, what extra planning component does she have to consider?

Tania wants to raise the internal validity of her experiment. You should advise her to

Mateo wants to know if chunky peanut butter improves memory. What is his aim?

Piliavin et al. (Subway samaritans) failed to even attempt which ethical guideline?

Which of these hypotheses based on Hölzel et al (mindfulness and brain scans) is two-tailed?

Isabella is studying fireflies but used computer modeling instead of actual bugs. Which ethical guideline is this?