A cognitive psychologist wants to ensure that their investigation into working memory capacity strictly adheres to the scientific feature of objectivity. Which of the following research practices would best achieve this goal?
Standardising the experimental instructions and laboratory layout so that other researchers can repeat the exact investigation to verify the reliability of the findings.
Utilising a double-blind procedure and computerized data recording to prevent the researcher's personal expectations from biasing the results.
Ensuring that the theory of working memory is framed in such a way that it makes precise predictions which can be empirically demonstrated to be incorrect.
Conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with participants to explore their subjective consciousness and phenomenological experiences during the task.
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.