Adults are told that a study is comparing different methods of solving number puzzles. Half of the adults receive praise from the researcher after each puzzle and half receive a neutral response. The researcher counts how many puzzles each adult chooses to attempt.
State one way in which the adults are deceived in this study.
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.