A researcher wants to conduct a study using the structured observation method to investigate how often people ignore their companions in favor of their smartphones (a behaviour known as 'phubbing') during dinner at a local restaurant. The researcher observes groups of three or more friends, recording phone-touching or phone-staring behaviour every 5 minutes during a 1-hour dining period.
Suggest one open question that could have been used if the researcher had used the self-report method instead of the observation method in 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.