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Question 88

Ambient Soundscapes and Creative Writing

Many people choose to work in lively settings like coffee shops, believing that moderate ambient noise aids creativity. Researchers want to investigate if a simulated coffee shop soundtrack can improve creative writing fluency compared to working in silent conditions. They plan to use an independent groups design, comparing the writing output of participants in a room playing simulated coffee shop sounds with those in an identical room with no background noise.

Suggest one open question researchers could use to obtain some additional qualitative information in this study.

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Planning and conducting research Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Planning and conducting research

201 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Planning and conducting research. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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