Ellis tests whether pupils react faster to a light on a screen after drinking a can of cola than after drinking water. The cola condition is run in the school canteen during lunch and the water condition is run in an empty classroom after school.
Explain how one situational variable could affect the results of Ellis's study, and how it could be controlled.
182 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.1 Planning Research, covering 7.1.1 Hypotheses, 7.1.2 Variables, 7.1.3 Experimental Designs, 7.1.4 Populations and Sampling, 7.1.5 Ethical issues, and 7.1.6 Dealing with ethical issues and BPS Code. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.