Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Criminology - St. Helena study

An aim of Charlton et al.'s (2000) study was to investigate the _____.

• effects of TV on children's behaviour
• effects of TV on teenager's behaviour
• effects of TV on toddler's behaviour
• effects of TV on adult's behaviour

An aim of Charlton et al.'s (2000) study was to investigate if exposure to _____.

• soap operas would make children more socially aware
• television would cause children to become more aggressive
• horror movies would cause children to become more aggressive
• cartoons would cause children to become less aggressive

Charlton et al.'s (2000) procedure used a _____.

• volunteer sample of 160 school children aged between 3 and 8 years old
• medical sample of 160 school children aged between 3 and 8 years old
• random sample of 160 school children aged between 3 and 8 years old
• random sample of 160 school teachers aged between 23 and 58 years old

Charlton et al.'s (2000) procedure involved researchers video-recording the free-play behaviour of children during _____. This was repeated several years later in 2000.

• morning and afternoon play over a 2 day period
• morning and afternoon play over a 2 month period
• morning and afternoon play over a 2 year period
• morning and afternoon play over a 2 week period

Charlton et al.'s (2000) procedure involved researchers recording children's _____.

• prosocial and antisocial behaviour
• presocial and antisocial behaviour
• prosocial behaviour
• antisocial behaviour

The results of Charlton et al.'s (2000) study found significant differences between the levels of boys' and girls' antisocial behaviour with _______.

• girls committing nearly 4 times as many antisocial acts
• boys committing nearly 4 times as many antisocial acts
• boys and girls committing equal amounts of antisocial acts
• neither boys or girls committing any antisocial acts

The results of Charlton et al.'s (2000) study showed prosocial acts were _______.

• as likely as antisocial acts
• three times more likely than antisocial acts
• twice as likely than antisocial acts
• four times more likely than antisocial acts

Charlton et al. (2000) concluded that children appear to learn through imitation and this seems more likely if ___, regardless of the gender of the child.

• the adult role model was female
• the adult role model was a relative
• the adult role model was a celebrity
• the adult role model was male

A strength of Charlton et al.'s (2000) study was that it was a natural experiment which ____.

• increases the ecological validity of the study
• increases the temporal validity of the study
• increases the face validity of the study
• increases the internal validity of the study

A strength of Charlton et al.'s (2000) study is children from the same primary schools were observed before and after the introduction of TV. Although different children were observed, the fact that the _____

• same schools were studied maximised differences that could have occurred
• same schools were studied minimised differences that could have occurred
• same particpants were studied minimised differences that could have occurred
• same participants were studied maximised differences that could have occurred