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WorksheetsResearch Methods OCR Psychology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 29mins
Peer Review of a piece of new psychological research should be conducted by
A specially appointed government minister
Another researcher working in a different field of psychology
Another researcher working in the same field of psychology
The head of department in the university where the research was conducted
A psychologist conducted a study investigating reaction times of a group of young and old people to press a key on a keyboard in response to a specific stimuli (e.g. a smiley face). The mean reaction time for young people was 0.7245 seconds. What is this written to two decimal places?
0.7
0.72
0.73
0.74
A psychologist conducted a study investigating reaction times of a group of young and old people to press a key on a keyboard in response to a specific stimuli (e.g. a smiley face). The mean reaction time for old people was 1.1834 seconds. What is this written to two significant figures?
1.1
1.18
1.2
1.9
Which is a principle of scientific enquiry
implication
induction
information
initiation
If a researcher checks to see if participants have answered questions that ask about the same thing in the same or similar way, what is this?
external reliability
external validity
Internal reliability
internal validity
What term refers to whether research relates to everyday life?
ecological validity
face validity
internal validity
population validity
A psychologist conducted a survey assessing beliefs in the paranormal with a sample of 144 people. 25% of people said they believe in ghosts. How many people is this?
25
36
40
72
A psychologist conducted a survey assessing beliefs in the paranormal with a sample of 144 people. 24 people said they believe aliens exist. What fraction of the sample is this?
1/3
1/4
1/6
2/3
Which of these core studies is an example of the longitudinal research method?
Bandura et al. (transmission of aggression)
Casey et al. (neural correlates of delay of gratification)
Milgram (obedience)
Sperry (split brains)
What sampling technique was used in the study by Bocchiaro et al. investigating disobedience and whistle-blowing?
Opportunity
Random
Self-Selected
Snowball
What type of a rating scale is a semantic differential?
one that has images at either end
one that has numbers at each point along the scale
one that ranges from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’
one with words having opposite meaning at either end
Which of these is not a measure of dispersion?
mean
range
standard deviation
variance
What comes first in an academic reference?
Abstract
name of journal
surname of researcher
title of investigation
What type of experiment is conducted in a real life setting?
field
lab
natural
quasi
What does the alternative hypothesis in an experiment state?
there will be an effect of the IV on the DV
there will not be an effect of the IV on the DV
there will be a relationship between the IV and the DV
there will not be a relationship between the IV and the DV
