Psychology 3 (AS)

Which one is not a style of closed question?

• Likert scale

• Fixed choice option

• Free response system

• Rating scale

To reduce interviewer bias, interview schedules should be:

• Individualised

• Itemised

• Standardised

• Operationalised

Which one is not a feature of a well-written question

• Lack of jargon

• Emotionally neutral

• Ambiguous

• No double-negatives

Before questionnaires are distributed, questions should be tested with a small group of respondents. This is a:

• Matched pairs design

• Double-blind study

• Control condition

• Pilot study

When an untested variable may be causing the relationship between co-variables, this is:

• The first variable problem

• The second variable problem

• The third variable problem

• The fourth variable problem

Which is not a difference between a correlation and an experiment?

• Experiments take place in a lab, correlations do not.

• Unlike in experiments, there is no IV or DV in an correlation

• You can't identify causal relationships in a correlation

• There is no control of extraneous variables in a correlation

Which best describes a negative correlation?

• As one variable falls, so does the other

• As one variable rises, the other falls

• There is no relationship between the two variables

• Both variables rise and then fall

Which is not an advantage of correlational research

• They may reveal interesting patterns that can be followed up using other methods

• They tend to be quick and economical to carry out

• They provide information on the strength and direction of relationships

• They can demonstrate causal relationships

What would be classed as quantitative data?

• An extract from a diary

• A transcript from an interview

• Notes from a counselling session

• Scores on an IQ test

Which is not a strength of primary data?

• It requires less time and effort than secondary data

• It can be designed to target the information that the researcher needs

• It tends to have higher validity than secondary data

• It is acquired first hand from the participants themselves