A psychologist publishes an influential study claiming that a brief mindfulness intervention significantly reduces salivary cortisol levels. However, when three independent research teams attempt to repeat the study using the exact same standardized procedure and measurement techniques, they fail to obtain the same outcome. This failure to produce consistent results across different investigations demonstrates a lack of which key feature of science?
Objectivity
Replicability
Empirical method
Paradigm shift
276 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Debates, covering Nature/nurture, Freewill/determinism, Reductionism/holism, Individual/situational explanations, Usefulness of research, Ethical considerations, Conducting socially sensitive research, and Psychology as a science. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.