AICE PSYCHOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Snapshot Define/Studies - ✔✔Study carried out over a very short period of time
such as hours and days.
Studies: All except Pepperberg and Saavedra
✔✔Snapshot Strengths/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Quicker and cheaper to carry out than
longitudinal approaches and rarely suffer from attrition.
W: Not useful when investigating development
✔✔Case Study Define/Studies - ✔✔In depth detailed analysis of individual or close knit
group
Studies: Saavedra
Pepperberg
✔✔Case Study Strength/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Collect a lot of rich data for more validity
W: Generalization is quite difficult to make (only looked at 1 person) also a relationship
can form b/w. Participant/researcher which can reduce the validity.
✔✔Independent Measure Design Define/Studies - ✔✔When the P takes part in only
one level of the IV
Studies: Bandura
Schacter-Singer
Andrade
Laney
Baron-Cohen
✔✔Independent Measure Design Strength/Weakness - ✔✔S: Less likely to guess Aim
, W: More people are required, personality could affect DV since it is just 1 person
✔✔Participant Observation Design Define/Studies - ✔✔Researcher becomes part of the
group they are observing and possibly interact with them.
Studies: none
✔✔Participant Observation Design Strength/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Researcher
understands motive for behaviors so it increases the validity.
W: Possibly informed consent (researcher just joined in) and presence of outsider can
change the behavior of the group members
✔✔Repeated Measure Design Define/Studies - ✔✔When the participant takes part in all
levels of the IV
Studies: Yamamoto
Canli
Dement
✔✔Repeated Measure Design Strengths/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Controlled and fewer
participants needed
W: Chance for demand characteristics, participants
get better at practice, Fatigue, and Bored
✔✔Self-report Define/Studies - ✔✔type of survey, questionnaire, or poll in which
respondents read the question and select a response by themselves without researcher
interference.
Studies: Dement
Laney
Saavedra
Schacter
Baron-Cohen
Canli
✔✔Self-report Strengths/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: More likely to be truthful,large sample
and short time increases the representativeness and generalizability.
W: May give socially desirable answers which lowers validity
✔✔Epinephrine - ✔✔
✔✔Angry/Euphoric Stooge - ✔✔
✔✔Food History Inventory (FHI) - ✔✔
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Snapshot Define/Studies - ✔✔Study carried out over a very short period of time
such as hours and days.
Studies: All except Pepperberg and Saavedra
✔✔Snapshot Strengths/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Quicker and cheaper to carry out than
longitudinal approaches and rarely suffer from attrition.
W: Not useful when investigating development
✔✔Case Study Define/Studies - ✔✔In depth detailed analysis of individual or close knit
group
Studies: Saavedra
Pepperberg
✔✔Case Study Strength/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Collect a lot of rich data for more validity
W: Generalization is quite difficult to make (only looked at 1 person) also a relationship
can form b/w. Participant/researcher which can reduce the validity.
✔✔Independent Measure Design Define/Studies - ✔✔When the P takes part in only
one level of the IV
Studies: Bandura
Schacter-Singer
Andrade
Laney
Baron-Cohen
✔✔Independent Measure Design Strength/Weakness - ✔✔S: Less likely to guess Aim
, W: More people are required, personality could affect DV since it is just 1 person
✔✔Participant Observation Design Define/Studies - ✔✔Researcher becomes part of the
group they are observing and possibly interact with them.
Studies: none
✔✔Participant Observation Design Strength/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Researcher
understands motive for behaviors so it increases the validity.
W: Possibly informed consent (researcher just joined in) and presence of outsider can
change the behavior of the group members
✔✔Repeated Measure Design Define/Studies - ✔✔When the participant takes part in all
levels of the IV
Studies: Yamamoto
Canli
Dement
✔✔Repeated Measure Design Strengths/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: Controlled and fewer
participants needed
W: Chance for demand characteristics, participants
get better at practice, Fatigue, and Bored
✔✔Self-report Define/Studies - ✔✔type of survey, questionnaire, or poll in which
respondents read the question and select a response by themselves without researcher
interference.
Studies: Dement
Laney
Saavedra
Schacter
Baron-Cohen
Canli
✔✔Self-report Strengths/Weaknesses - ✔✔S: More likely to be truthful,large sample
and short time increases the representativeness and generalizability.
W: May give socially desirable answers which lowers validity
✔✔Epinephrine - ✔✔
✔✔Angry/Euphoric Stooge - ✔✔
✔✔Food History Inventory (FHI) - ✔✔
