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Question 56

A psychologist investigates whether vigorous activity affects concentration. Pupils who attend a lunchtime dance club complete a task immediately after dancing, while different pupils from a lunchtime chess club complete the same task after playing chess. The psychologist records the number of target symbols each pupil crosses out correctly in two minutes. Afterwards, the psychologist reads the scores aloud and tells the lowest-scoring pupils, in front of the others, that they have poor concentration.

Explain one methodological issue and one ethical issue with this investigation.

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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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