Research Methods – Practice Exam Questions - 1
Scenario
A laboratory experiment was carried out to see how emotion and
arousal affected memory.In Part one of the experiment twenty
participants were shown a video of a man walking down a street They
were then shown several photographs of men and had to identify the
man from the video. In Part Two of the experiment the same participants
were shown a video of a man committing a robbery. Again, they were
shown several photographs of men and had to identify the man
committing the robbery. The participants were chosen by opportunity
sampling.
Part One Part Two
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Question
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(a) (i) Define what is meant by the term 'laboratory experiment'. [2]
(ii) Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of a laboratory experiment
[4]
(b) (i) Define what is meant by the term 'repeated measures design'. [2]
(ii) Explain one advantage and One disadvantage of a repeated
measures design. [4]
(c) State an appropriate directional hypothesis for the laboratory
experiment in the above study. [2]
(d) Identify and explain how one confounding variable may have affected the
above study.
[2]
(e) (i) Define what is meant by the term 'opportunity sampling'. [2]
(f) (ii) Give one disadvantage of opportunity sampling. [2]
Scenario
A laboratory experiment was carried out to see how emotion and
arousal affected memory.In Part one of the experiment twenty
participants were shown a video of a man walking down a street They
were then shown several photographs of men and had to identify the
man from the video. In Part Two of the experiment the same participants
were shown a video of a man committing a robbery. Again, they were
shown several photographs of men and had to identify the man
committing the robbery. The participants were chosen by opportunity
sampling.
Part One Part Two
Correctly identified 14 6
Question
s
(a) (i) Define what is meant by the term 'laboratory experiment'. [2]
(ii) Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of a laboratory experiment
[4]
(b) (i) Define what is meant by the term 'repeated measures design'. [2]
(ii) Explain one advantage and One disadvantage of a repeated
measures design. [4]
(c) State an appropriate directional hypothesis for the laboratory
experiment in the above study. [2]
(d) Identify and explain how one confounding variable may have affected the
above study.
[2]
(e) (i) Define what is meant by the term 'opportunity sampling'. [2]
(f) (ii) Give one disadvantage of opportunity sampling. [2]
