AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — May–June 2024, Paper 21

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Question 1 · 3 marks · Research methods — sampling techniques (volunteer/self-selecting sampling)

Identify the sampling technique used in the study by Milgram (obedience).

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Question 2 · 2 marks · Research methods — ethics in animal research (choice of species)

Explain what is meant by the ethical guideline of 'species' in relation to animals in psychological research.

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Question 3 · 4 marks · Research methods — types of data (quantitative data); Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams)

Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams) asked participants to record their dream narratives. The words in each narrative were counted. Identify the type of data provided by…

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Question 4 · 6 marks · Research methods — experimental designs (independent measures design)

Glyn is conducting an experiment with an independent measures design. He is testing the effect of background noise on social learning (learning by imitation). Glyn shows each…

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Question 5 · 8 marks · Research methods — ethics (informed consent, consent for children); Pozzulo et al. (line-ups)

In the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups), children were interviewed. Explain why it was necessary to gain consent from both the children and the children's parents/guardians.

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Question 6 · 6 marks · Research methods — observation (participant vs non-participant observation)

Describe participant observation and non-participant observation, using any example(s).

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Question 7 · 6 marks · Research methods — descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency: mean and mode)

Ranya is collecting data about study habits after school. She is asking students in her school two questions: - Question 1: How long do you spend studying per week after school? -…

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Question 8 · 5 marks · Research methods — variables (independent variable)

Simon is conducting a study about children learning to read. He is comparing how well they understand a story when reading from a book which has pages with images that are either:…

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Question 9 · 6 marks · Research methods — extraneous variables (participant variables)

Heng is conducting a study to investigate the job satisfaction of male and female employees at a factory. She has identified two problems with uncontrolled variables. One is a…

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Question 10 · 14 marks · Research methods — designing and conducting a case study

Mary is conducting a case study on a boy diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder. He produces many detailed doodles and Mary wants to learn about him and his doodling.…

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