OCR A Level Psychology Research methods June 2018 question paper H567/01

Which of these is a weakness of a quasi experiment?

A control of the dependent variable

B control of the independent variable

C control of the measurement of the dependent variable

D control of the measurement of the independent variable

Which does not have both an IV and DV?

A correlation

B field experiment

C laboratory experiment

D quasi experiment

What is it best to do with extraneous variables?

A eliminate them

B ignore them

C monitor them

D record them

What best describes the target population?

A the people you want to study and apply the findings to

B the people you want to study and conduct research on in a follow-up study

C the people you want to study and obtain data from

D the people you want to study and use in the research

What is the name given to data before any analysis is performed?

A interval

B ordinal

C quantitative

D raw

What is the name for the type of reliability that involves dividing a test into two parts and comparing scores on both parts of the test?

A semi-structured

B split-half

C test-retest

D two-tailed

Which of these inferential statistical tests does not require the data to be ranked as part of the calculation?

A Chi-square

B Mann-Whitney U test

C Spearman’s Rho

D Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test

Which of these is an advantage of secondary data?

A already exists

B easy to analyse

C easy to interpret

D ecologically valid

What is meant by the term ‘significant result’?

A it is a figure that you compare the answer from an inferential statistical test with

B it is an answer that exceeds a certain probability level

C it is an answer that tells us something important

D it is an approximate answer

In research terms, what is meant by ‘social desirability’?

A responding in a way that is approved of by society

B responding in a way to be perceived as more friendly

C responding in a way to please the researcher

D responding in a way to provide the researcher with what is expected

In which section of a practical report write-up would you find details of standardised instructions given to participants?

A abstract

B appendices

C discussion

D introduction

What is ‘the Harvard system’?

A a way of presenting results from an inferential statistical test in a practical report

B a way of providing details of the materials used in a practical report

C a way of summarising how participants were obtained in a practical report

D a way of writing academic references in a practical report

Which best describes what a semantic differential rating scale is?

A selecting a point on a line to indicate your strength of opinion about something

B selecting a point on a line to respond to how much you agree with something

C selecting a point on a line with different numbers along it

D selecting a point on a line with words that have opposite meanings at either end

Who conducts a peer review?

A a government minister

B a statistician

C fellow academics

D lay persons

Which of these different types of data would not include any information in the form of words?

A interval

B nominal

C qualitative

D secondary

Which of these could not be the answer from a Spearman’s Rho inferential statistical test?

A –0.728

B 0.3

C 0.892

D 1.52

What is the mode in this set of data?

17, 19, 12, 23, 17, 25, 19, 17

A 17

B 17.5

C 18

D 19

The variance of a set of scores is 14.44. What is the standard deviation?

A 1.4

B 3.8

C 14.0

D 208.51

Which variable was negatively correlated with length of time as taxi driver in the Maguire et al. study?

A volume of grey matter in the anterior hippocampus

B volume of grey matter in the central hippocampus

C volume of grey matter in the hippocampus

D volume of grey matter in the posterior hippocampus

What type of data was collected in the Piliavin et al. study for the dependent variable of length of time that it took for help to be offered?

A interval

B non-parametric

C qualitative

D secondary

Travel log. How do people pass the time on a long journey? Some people seem to cope better than others and manage to keep themselves occupied or simply don’t mind (perhaps even enjoy) the rest. Others find it more difficult and can become bored and restless. Psychologists want to use the naturalistic observation method to investigate this and find out if some types of behaviour and actions are more common than others.

21 Write an appropriate research aim for the study.

22* Explain how you would use the naturalistic observation method to conduct this research. Justify your decisions as part of your explanation.

In your answer, the required features that you must refer to are:

• participant or non-participant observation

• behavioural categories

• time or event sampling

• how data will be recorded during the observation

You should use your own experience of practical activities to inform your response.

Describe two things that may influence the inter-rater reliability of this study.

Outline one strength and one weakness of using the naturalistic observation method in this study.

Describe two ways you would address the ethical consideration of ‘responsibility’ in relation to this study.

Love is in the (question) air. We can fall ‘in to it’ and ‘out of it’, it can make us feel both happy and sad or even angry and mad, but what is love? Psychologists decided to investigate this further by using the self-report method in which they posted out a questionnaire to members of the public to complete. Some of the data from the first twenty males and first twenty females to respond are presented in the tables below.

26 A partly completed table of measures of central tendency for the data collected in Table 1 is

Answer the following questions so that the rest of the table can be completed. Show all your workings.

Calculate the mean rating of the importance of physical appearance for being in love given by males. Write your answer to two significant figures.

Calculate the median rating of the importance of physical appearance for being in love given by females.

What is the mode for the importance of physical appearance for being in love given by females?

What is the range for the rating of the importance of physical appearance for being in love given by males and females? Show your workings.

Outline one conclusion from the calculation of the range for the rating of the importance of physical appearance for being in love given by males and females.

Using the extract of the tables of critical values for the Chi-square test presented below, what is the critical value at the 5% probability level for data collected in this study?

Write the significance statement for the analysis performed on this data using the Chi-square test.

Using the data presented in the pie chart in Figure 1 on page 12, calculate the ratio of how many people said that personality was the most important thing for love compared to those that said wealth was. Show your workings.

Evaluate the population validity of the data collected in this study.

The discussion section of the write-up of a practical report includes a conclusion made from the analysis of the data collected. Outline one conclusion from the discussion section of any of your own practical activities.