Library Study
How do students react to minor auditory distractions in a designated silent study area? Some seem highly focused and unaffected, while others quickly become distracted, annoyed, or change their seating location. Researchers want to use structured naturalistic observation to investigate these behavioral responses and identify which reactions are most common.
Describe two ways you would address the ethical consideration of ‘responsibility’ in relation to this study.
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.