Research in psychology exam GCSE level

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

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.

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Explain what is mean't by gender bias in research

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

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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

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State one advantage of the repeated measures design

Using some participants for both experiments mean any differences are

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State one advantage of the Independent groups design

Gets rid of the order effect

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State a disadvantage of the repeated measures design

Participants can do better in the second trail as they may improve with practise (The ORDER EFFECT)

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State one disadvantage of the Independent groups design

Differences recorded may be due to indivdual differences, not the independent variable

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Explain what is mean't by gender bias in research

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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

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State what Inter-rater reliability means

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State one advantage of the repeated measures design

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State one advantage of the Independent groups design

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