A psychologist telephones adults who have recently moved house and asks them what affects how welcoming their new neighbourhood feels. When a participant mentions friendly neighbours, the psychologist responds warmly and asks several follow-up questions. When local services are mentioned, she responds briefly and changes the subject.
Explain how the interviewer's behaviour could create biased findings.
139 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.2 Doing Research, covering 7.2.1 Experiments, 7.2.2 Interviews, 7.2.3 Questionnaires (Surveys), 7.2.4 Observations, 7.2.5 Case Studies, and 7.2.6 Correlations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.