Paper 2 - Research Methods Recap

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1. Which would not be an effective way of operationalising aggression?

  • Number of expletives used
  • Distance someone stood to someone else
  • Facial expressions
  • Number of punches thrown
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2. Which is not an alternative way of gaining consent?

  • Retrospective consent
  • Affirmative consent
  • Prior general consent
  • Presumptive consent

3. When an untested variable may be causing the relationship between co-variables, this is:

  • The fourth variable problem
  • The first variable problem
  • The third variable problem
  • The second variable problem

4. 'Individual differences between participants that may affect the DV' best describes which of the following?

  • Participant variables
  • Situation variables
  • Extraneous variables
  • Confounding variables

5. Which is not a feature of a normal distribution?

  • The graph demonstrates positive correlation
  • The extreme ends of the curve never touch the axis
  • The mean, median and mode are all at the same point
  • Most scores are located in the middle of the curve

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