AQA PSYCHOLOGY - PAPER 2

AQA PSYCHOLOGY - PAPER 2


ooSelf-reportootechniquesoo-ooans--
AnyoomethodooinvolvingooaskingooPPsooaboutootheiroofeelings,ooattitudes,oobeliefsooetc.

Questionnaireoo-ooans--Questionnairesooareooaoowrittenooself-
reportootechniqueoowhereooparticipantsooareoogivenooaoopre-
setoonumberooofooquestionsootooorespondooto.ooCanooconsistooofooeither:

•ooClosedooquestionsoo-ooaoopre-determinedoosetooofooanswersootooochooseoofrom
•ooOpenooquestionsoo-
oowhereoothereooisoonooorestrictionooonoohowooparticipantsoomakeootheirooresponse


Strengthsooofooquestionnairesoo-ooans--+ooCostooeffective
+ooCanoogatheroolargeooamountsooofoodataooquickly
+ooEasyootoooanalyseooandoogeneralise

Weaknessesooofooquestionnairesoo-ooans---ooCanooproduceooresponseoobias
-ooPPsoomayoomisunderstandootheooquestionooorooreadooitooincorrectly
-ooDemandooCharacteristicsoo/ooSocialooDesirabilityoomayoooccur

Advantagesoo&ooDisadvantagesooofooanooOpenooQuestionoo-ooans--
+ooAllowsooPPsootoooelaborate,oogreaterooinsight
+ooProducesooqualitativeoodataoo-oodepthooandoodetail
-ooPeopleoocanoomissoothemoooutooasootheyoocan'toobeoobotheredootoooansweroothem
-ooHarderootoooanalyse

Advantagesoo&ooDisadvantagesooofooaooClosedooQuestionoo-ooans--
+ooQuickooandooeasyootoooanswer
+ooQuantitativeoodataooisooeasierootoooanalyse
-ooNotoodetailedooorooinoodepthooanswers
-ooDon'toofindoooutootheoomeaningoobehindootheooanswer

Interviewoo-ooans--
Aooliveooencounteroo(faceootooofaceooorooonootheoophone)oowhereoooneoopersonooasksooao
osetooofooquestionsootoooassessooanoointervieweesoothoughts/
experiences.ooTheyoocanoobeoostructured,oosemioostructuredoooroounstructured.

StructuredooInterviewoo-ooans--Madeooupooofoopre-
determinedooquestionsooandooareooaskedooinooaoofixedooorder.

, UnstructuredooInterviewoo-ooans--
Worksoolikeooaooconversation.ooThereooareoonooosetooquestions.ooThereooisooaoogeneraloo
aimoothatooaoocertainootopicoowilloobeoodiscussedooandoointeractionootendsootooobeoofreeoof
lowing.

Semi-structuredooInterviewoo-ooans--
Thereooisooaoolistooofooquestionsoothatoohaveoobeenooworkedoooutooinooadvanceoobutoointe
rviewersooareooalsooofreeootoooaskoofollowooupooquestionsoooroodeviateoowhenootheyoofeel
ooitooisooappropriate.


Double-barreledooQuestionsoo-ooans--
Theyoocontainootwooooptionsoowithinooaoosingleooquestion.

Aimoo-ooans--Identifiesootheoopurposeooofootheooinvestigation

Hypothesisoo-ooans--
Aooprecise,ootestableoostatementooofoowhatootheooresearcheroopredictsoowilloobeootheoothe
oooutcomeooofootheoostudy


DirectionalooHypothesisoo-ooans--
Theooresearcheroomakesooitooclearoowhatoodifferenceooisooanticipatedoobetweenootheoo2oo
conditionsoooroogroups.oo
(Oneootailed).

Non-directionalooHypothesisoo-ooans--
Simplyoostatesoothatoothereooisooaoodifferenceoobutoonotoowhatootheoodifferenceoowilloobe.

NullooHypothesisoo-ooans--
Thereoowilloobeoonooorelationshipoobetweenootheoo2oovariables.oo'Thereoowilloobeoonooosig
nificantoodifference'

Alternative/ExperimentalooHypothesisoo-ooans--
Statesoothatoothereooisooaoorelationshipoobetweenootheoo2oovariables.oo'Thereoowilloobeooa
oosignificantoodifference'


Meta-analysisoo-ooans--
Aooparticularooformooofooresearchoomethodoothatoousesoosecondaryoodata.ooDataoofromoo
aoolargeoonumberooofoostudiesoowhichoohaveooinvolvedootheoosameooresearchooquestionoo
andoomethodooareoocombined.

QuantitativeooDataoo-ooans--
Dataoothatoofocusesooonoonumbersooandoofrequenciesoowhichoocanoobeoocounted.ooe.g.oo
experiments,ooquestionnairesooandoopsychometricootests.