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Question 11

Dr Aris conducted an investigation to see whether having a diagnosis of Schizophrenia (SZ) compared to Bipolar I Disorder (BD) influenced an individual's social cognition skills, specifically their ability to recognise facial emotions. Facial emotion recognition accuracy was measured using a standardised photographic recognition scale, which was scored from 0 (unable to recognise any emotions) to 50 (perfect emotion recognition).

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State the independent variable (IV) and the dependent variable (DV) in this study.

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b.

Write a suitable non-directional hypothesis for Dr Aris's investigation.

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82 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Research methods and skills, covering Research methods and skills. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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