An educational psychologist wants to investigate whether listening to natural soundscapes (such as forest sounds) via headphones reduces exam anxiety in adolescents compared to listening to ambient classroom noise. The study is scheduled to take place during mock exams at a secondary school with 150 Year 10 pupils (aged 14–15).
Outline one way the researcher could uphold the ethical consideration of respect in 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.