Edexcel A Level Social Psychology Questions and Answers 2025

Edexcel A Level Social Psychology Questions
and Answers 2025
WhatAareAtheA5AethicalAguidelines?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
1.ADebrief
2.AInformedAconsent
3.ARightAtoAwithdraw
4.ACompetentAresearcher
5.ADeception
WhatAareAtheA4AethicalAprinciples?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-1.ARespect
2.ACompetence
3.AResponsibility
4.AIntegrity
WhatAisAanAalternateAhypothesis?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAspecificAtestableApredictionAcontainingAvariables,AandAwillAstateAeitherAaAdifferenceAorArel
ationship.
DirectionalAhypothesisA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
StatesAtheAdirectionAtheAresultsAwillAgoAinA(more,Aless,Apositive,Afewer)
Non-directionalAhypothesisA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
DoesAnotAstateAtheAdirectionAofAtheAresults,AleavingAitAopen
WhatAisAtheAaimAofAsamplingAmethods?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAensureAaArepresentativeAsampleAofAparticipantsAisAused,AsoAcanAbeAsuccessfullyAgener
alised.
OpportunityAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
SampleAofAthoseAwhoAareAavailableAatAtheAtimeAofAtheAstudy
RandomAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
EveryAmemberAofAtheApopulationAhasAanAequalAchanceAofAbeingAchosen.
StratifiedAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
InvolvesAclassifyingAtheApopulationAintoAcategoriesAandAthenAchoosingAaAsampleAwhichAco
nsistsAofAparticipantsAfromAeachAcategoryAinAtheAsameAproportionsAasAtheyAareAinAtheApop
ulation.
VolunteerAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
VolunteeringAwhenAaskedAorAinAaAresponseAtoAanAadvert.
AdvantagesAofArandomAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--ANoAbias
-AClearAhowAtheAsampleAisAchosen,AprocessAcanAbeAexplained
DisadvantagesAofArandomAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
ADifficultAtoAensureAeveryoneAisAavailable

-ASomeApeopleAmightAnotAwantAtoAtakeApartAinAtheAstudy
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AThereAcanAbeAbiasAinAthatAthereAmayAbeAmoreAof AoneAgroupAthanAtheAother,AsuchAasAmore

AmaleAsoldiersAthanAfemale

AdvantagesAofAstratifiedAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AEachAgroupAisArepresented,AsoAconclusionsAcanAbeAdrawn

, -AEfficientAtoAensureArepresentationAfromAeachAgroup
DisadvantagesAofAstratifiedAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
ADifficultAtoAknowAhowAmanyAofAeachAgroupAtoAchooseA

-ASomeAgroupsAmayAnotAbeAimportantAfroAtheAstudy
AdvantagesAofAvolunteerAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AMoreAethicalAasAtheyAchoseAtoAtakeApart

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AVolunteersAareAlikelyAtoAbeAinterestedAsoAlessAlikelyAtoAgiveAbiasedAinformation,AlessAlikely

AtoAhaveAsocialAdesirabilityAorAdemandAcharacteristic.

DisadvantagesAofAvolunteerAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
ATakesAlongAtimeAtoAgetAsufficientAnumbers

-AParticipantsAmayAbeAsimilar,AsoAthereAmayAnotAbeArepresentation
AdvantagesAofAopportunityAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
MoreAethicalAbecauseAtheAresearcherAcanAjudgeAifAtheAparticipantAisAlikelyAtoAbeAupsetAbyAt
heAstudy
-AResearcherAhasAmoreAcontrolAoverAchoosing,AmoreAquickAandAefficient
DisadvantagesAofAopportunityAsamplingA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AMoreAchanceAofAbiasA-

AchoosingApeopleAyouAknow,ApeopleAofAownAage,AfriendlyAlookingApeopleAetc.

-ASelfAselected,AsoAwouldAruleAoutAanyoneAnotAavailableAorAnotAwilling
2AtypesAofAquestionsAinAquestionnairesA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ClosedAendedAorAopenAended
TypesAofAclosedAendedAquestionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
1.AFixedAchoiceAquestions,AwithAyes/noAresponse
2.ALikertAscaleAquestions,AselectingAfromAaAfixedAsetAofAchoicesAtoArateAagreementAtoAstate
ments
3.ARankedAscaleAquestion,ArankingAchoiceArelativeAtoAotherAoptions
StrengthsAofAclosedAendedAquestionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AQuickAandAeasyAtoAanswer

-AResearchersAcanAeasilyAanalyseAdata,ApercentagesAandAaveragesAcanAbeAworkedAout
-AQuestionsAareAallAtheAsameAsoAisAmoreAreliable
WeaknessesAofAclosedAendedAquestionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
ALimitedAamountAofAinformation

-AAnswersAmayAnotAmatchAwhatAtheAparticipantsAwouldAlikeAexpress
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AChoiceAanswersAcouldAmeanAdifferentAthingsAtoAdifferentArespondents,AsuchAasA'unsure'Ac

ouldAmeanA'don'tAknow',AsoAlacksAvalidity
StrengthsAofAopenAendedAquestionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
ARespondentsAcanAanswerAfreely

-AAllowsAthemAtoAelaborateAonAtheirAanswersAandAjustifyAopinions
-MoreAdetailedAandAvalid,AtrueAtoArealAlife
WeaknessesAofAopenAendedAquestionsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AMoreAtimeAandAeffortAforArespondents

-
AQualitativeAanalysisAwhichAcanAleadAtoAsubjectiveAinterpretationAthatAisAdifficultAtoAanalyse

-ARespondentsAoftenAfailAtoAcompleteAtheirAanswers