Research in psychology exam GCSE level

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1. The researcher used an observation. One other method he could have used is an interview. Outline one weakness of the interview method.

  • It is a very expensive method
  • It is difficult to known to whether willing respondents are truly representative
  • Results may be hard to analyse, because they will be words from what has been said, rather than numbers which can be put into a graph.
  • This method is relatively more time consuming, especially when the sample is large and re-calls upon the respondent are necessary
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2. Explain what is mean't by gender bias in research

  • When a guy is not a guy, hes a girl
  • When a country is different from another country
  • This is when only one genders views and opinions are taken into account, a psychologist could say that males are more observant than females, just from his/her experiences with males
  • This is when the psychologist has had a negitive experience in a country he/shes studying

3. State what Inter-rater reliability means

  • When two or more researchers are consistent in, have the same results throughout a study, therefore they agree that the results are genuine
  • The technology that the researchers use
  • When an extra researcher appears half way through a study, critics argue that this affects the results
  • When the researchers argue throughout the process of a study, therefore one had to quit

4. State one advantage of the repeated measures design

  • Using some participants for both experiments mean any differences are
  • High ecological Validity
  • pps are not under pressure
  • pps have no ethical issues throughout this design, as they are aware of everything that happens

5. State one advantage of the Independent groups design

  • By using two different groups, people may get distressed as they are not part of the other half the study.
  • Gets rid of the order effect
  • People can
  • Everything is confusing when this design is used
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