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CIE AS level Psychology - Research Methods
CIE AS level Psychology - Research Methods
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What is NOT a characteristic of naturalistic observation?
Low in reliability due to many situational variables
High level of control
High in ecological validity
Ethical issues: participants are not given informed consent
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What is the research method used?
Case study
Natural experiment
Naturalistic observation
Field experiment
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In a study on how studying time affects test anxiety. The independent variable is
The amount of time spent studying
The questions on the exam
The amount of test anxiety the participants experience
The scores on the exam
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Researchers observe students at a school in order to study social aggression. This a
Naturalistic observation
Case study
Experiment
Controlled observation
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The variable that experimenters manipulate is known as the:
Control variable
Independent variable
Confounding variable
Dependent variable
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What is one disadvantage of using field experiments?
Many situational variables
No demand characteristics
High ecological validity
High reliability
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What is NOT true about Social Psychology
It is useful in the mean of improving memory
It studies the interactions of people in a group
It studies how group interactions affect a person's behavior
Difficult to create a Social study with ecological validity
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What research method did Bandura, Ross & Ross use in the study of learned behavior: aggression?
Controlled observation
Questionnaire
Laboratory experiment
Naturalistic observation
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What is NOT a strength of questionnaire?
More truthful answers (low demand characteristics)
High representativeness due to large sample
High generalisability due to large sample
Give more socially desired answers which may affect validity
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What approach claims that our behaviours have physical basis in the brain and are inherited?
Cognitive Psychology
Biological Psychology
Behavioural Psychology
Social Psychology
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If a testing instrument has high reliability, it means that
It measures what it is intended to measure
It produces the same results when people take it at # times
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What experimental design did Baron & Cohen use in this study of autism and Theory of mind?
Matched pairs
Independent groups design
Repeated measure
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What approach studies the way we process information inside our head as input-output model?
Developmental Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Social Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
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Research that involves studying a single individual in great depth is called a:
Longitudinal study
Naturalistic observation
Correlational study
Case study
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What is a confounding variable?
A variable other than IV that can control the DV
Not dangerous in terms of challenging the validity
Uncontroled extraneous variable that challenges the validity
Influences the outcome of an experiment
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What experimental design did Tajfel (1970) use in his study of intergroup categorization
Between groups design
Within groups design
Matched pairs
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Which research method is most appropriate if you are looking for a causal relationship?
Case study
Experimental method
Correlational study
Longitudinal study
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The number of hours spent watching TV increased, grades decreased. This is an example of
A case study
A self-report inventory
A correlational study
A longitudinal study
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What is NOT true about extraneous variables?
It can affect DV and need to be controlled to stay constant
It is impossible to avoid extraneous variables
You are not intentionally studying them in your research
It is impossible to control extraneous variables
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What is a common way of controlling extraneous variables in an experiment
Single-blind procedure
Random assignment
Using animal subjects
Double-blind procedure
