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Question 7

Hancock et al. (2011) investigated the language of psychopaths by comparing psychopathic and non-psychopathic murderers.

Explain why this research design is classified as a quasi-experiment rather than a true experiment.

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Measuring differences Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Measuring differences

23 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Measuring differences, covering Gould (1982): A nation of morons — bias in IQ testing and Hancock et al. (2011): Language of psychopaths. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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