Criminal Psychology GCSE Edexcel with Questions and Answers

Criminal Psychology GCSE Edexcel with Questions and Answers What is meant by a 'natural experiment'? ANSWER An experiment whereby the independent variable is a nturally occuring change, rather than being something manipulated by the researcher (e.g. the introduction of TV in St. Helena). What was the aim of Charlton et al's study? ANSWER To see whether the introduction of television would cause children to become more aggressive (or display more anti-social behaviours). What was the IV and DV in this natural experiment?(Charlton et al's study) ANSWER IV: introduction of TV (before TV / after TV). DV: behaviour of children before and after TV's introduction. Where did the research take place? What is the population? (Charlton et al's study) ANSWER St. Helena - approx. 5000 Who were the sample? (Charlton et al's study) ANSWER Approx. 160 school children. How, where, and when was their behaviour recorded? (Charlton et al's study) ANSWER Via video recordings, with cameras set up in the school playground, in 1994 before the introduction of TV and then in 2000, after TV was introduced. What was the overall finding on the impact of TV on levels of anti-social behaviour?(Charlton et al's study) ANSWER TV had little influence on the behaviour of the children, and did not lead to an increase in anti-social behaviour.