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Question 168

Playtime Friends

A developmental psychologist wants to conduct an observational study to investigate prosocial behavior (such as sharing toys or helping peers) among nursery children during their daily free-play hour in the outdoor playground. The psychologist decides to use time sampling, recording the children's interactions for 15 seconds at exactly 5-minute intervals between 10:00 am and 11:00 am.

Describe one weakness of using time sampling in this study.

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Research methods and techniques Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Research methods and techniques

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.

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