research methods : questionairres

questionairres: a type of self report that consists of a list of pre-set questions

• questions are the same for everyone in the study
• as psychologists often want to study the mind self reports are very useful.
• they allow psychologists to access aspects of a person that they can't see

open and closed questionairres:

• closed questions have a set number of responses, often given in a form of multiple choice eg yes/no & sometimes/rarely/often or a rating scale.
• open questions are questions that a respondent chooses their own…