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The researcher focused on active listening in academic settings in her study. Other research has investigated age-related differences in non-verbal engagement behaviours such as nodding, physical posture, and note-taking.

Design an observational study to investigate age differences (young adults aged 18–25 vs. older adults aged 65+) in non-verbal engagement behaviours during an educational lecture/seminar.

In your answer you should provide details of:

  • the task and setting for the participants
  • the behavioural categories to be used and how the data will be recorded
  • how reliability of the data collection might be established
  • ethical issues to be considered.
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  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Scientific processes

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