Sensory deprivation is sometimes hypothesized to enhance creative problem-solving by reducing external cognitive load. A cognitive psychologist wants to investigate this by using an experimental method to compare the creative problem-solving scores of participants who undergo 45 minutes of complete sensory deprivation in a dark, soundproof chamber with those who sit in a standard quiet room for 45 minutes.
Outline one strength of using volunteer sampling to obtain participants for this study.
644 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Research methods and techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.