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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Psychology
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1
Identify one aim of the research.
To see if parents give more praise to boys.
To see if girls are affected more than boys by praise.
Too see if children are affected by praise.
To see if parents give girls less praise.
2
How many parent/child pairs were in the study?
73
63
53
43
3
How can social desirability be reduced?
Deception
Protection from harm
4
Gunderson's research supports Dweck's findings
True
False
5
What are the possible effects of an incremental motivational framework on children?
To see ability as changeable and keep trying to do better.
To see ability as fixed and not try to do better.
To see ability as something one is born with or without.
To see ability as part of nature.
6
What is 'entity theory/motivational framework'? A belief that....
praise is good.
praise is bad.
behaviour and ability results from a persons nature.
effort drives behaviour and ability, which can change.
7
Process praise seems to lead children to....
see a link between praise and success.
the idea that they are born with or without an ability.
see a link between effort and success.
a fixed theory.
8
What are the possible consequences of an entity motivational framework for children?
Always failing on tasks.
Not trying as hard on a task they think they're not good at.
Always trying hard.
Trying as hard as they can on difficult tasks.
9
What was the relationship between early person praise and later fixed frameworks?
The results were unclear.
There wasn't any relationship.
The was a weak positive correlation.
There was a strong relationship.
10
Identify one aim of the research.
To see if parents give girls less process praise than boys.
To see if teachers give girls less process praise than boys.
To see if parents give girls less praise than boys.
To see if girls give less process praise to boys.
11
What was the correlation between process praise in childhood and when children were older?
Negative
None
Positive
Inverse
12
Gunderson's research was a natural setting, Dweck's research was in an artificial setting
False
True
13
The study was unethical as the participants were deceived
True
False
14
Where did the study take place?
New York
Minesota
Texas
Chicago
15
Person praise seems to lead children to....
ask their peers for help.
ask for help.
the idea that they are born with or without and ability.
see a link between effort and success.
16
Social desirability by parents was a weakness of the study
True
False
17
In the studies results how did process praise relate to gender?
Gender and process praise were unrelated.
Girls received more process praise than boys.
Process praise was more effective for boys.
Boys received more process praise than girls.
18
Research shows that praising children's effort rather than ability leads to.....
the framework that intelligence can change achievements.
the framework that not working hard can change achievements.
less effort in the future.
the framework that working hard can change achievements.
19
Why did Gunderson et al. prefer to use a natural research setting instead of a experiment?
Experiments can be scary.
Experiments are always difficult to set up.
Experiments are too realistic.
Experiments can be artificial and lack ecological validity.
20
Why did the researchers measure motivational framework in two ways?
To see how strong/robust the effects of process praise were.
To see how strong/robust the effects of person praise were.
To see if gender affected motivational framework.
To see if boy and girls were different.
21
What do the findings suggest about how boys and girls explain failure?
Boys tend to attribute failure to ability more than girls.
There's no difference.
Girls tend to attribute failure to ability less than boys.
Boys tend to attribute failure to ability less than girls.
22
Why were the researchers observations of the video recordings highly valid?
Because the observers did not know the aim of the study
Because they knew what they were doing
Because the observers knew the aim of the study
23
What did Elizabeth Gunderson et al's research aim to investigate?
The effects of teachers praising children at home.
The effects of parents praising children at school.
The effects of parents praising children at home.
The effects of teachers praising children at school.
24
What is meant by 'person praise'?
Praising the a person for being intelligent.
Praising what is being done, not the individual.
Praising an individual rather than what they are doing.
Praising a persons parents.
25
What is meant by 'process praise'?
Praising behaviour and effort.
Never praising.
Praising the individual
Praising the individuals parents.
26
Deception in research should always be followed by.....
A cup of tea
A debrief explaining the true aims of the study
A chat about the feelings of the participant
none of the above
