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Question 22

A research team repeats the analyses used in Tandoc et al. (2015) with a new sample. The table shows the results.

AnalysisResult
Mean envy score for light users of a social networking site2.6 out of 5
Mean envy score for heavy users of the social networking site3.5 out of 5
Change in depressive symptom score for each one-point increase in envyDecrease of 0.8 points; statistically significant

Using the results in the table, explain whether the new dataset reproduces both of the relevant findings from Tandoc et al. (2015).

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3.2 Theories/Explanations Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /3.2 Theories/Explanations

144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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