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Question 45

A psychologist told adult participants that the study was investigating the difficulty of puzzle sheets. The real aim was to investigate whether the expression of an observer affected the number of puzzles attempted. During the debrief, the psychologist revealed the real aim and asked participants what they had thought the study was about.

Participants' response during the debriefMean number of puzzles attempted out of 12
Guessed the real aim9.4
Did not guess the real aim6.1

Using the results, explain one strength of debriefing in this study.

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7.1 Planning Research Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /7.1 Planning Research

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.

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