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Question 246

A psychologist conducted structured interviews with eight retired professional ballet dancers to investigate the coping mechanisms they used to manage chronic pain during their transition out of professional performance. The interviews consisted of a predetermined set of closed and tightly controlled open questions asked in a fixed order.

Explain how the information gathered would be different if the psychologist had chosen to use unstructured interviews instead.

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  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Methods

638 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Methods. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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