7.1: Self-report techniques Flashcards
Outline what is involved in self-report (3 marks)
Self-report is where the participant gives information to the researcher about their own feelings, thoughts and behaviour
Outline what is involved in self-report (3 marks).
Self-report is where the participant gives information to the researcher about their own feelings, thoughts and behaviour.
What does it involve?
It involves responding to questions:
1. On a questionnaire (for example closed questions)
Or,
2. During interview (for example an unstructured interview)
Two researchers wanted to investigate the influence of early attachment on later relationships.
They asked 20 teenagers aged 14 - 16 to write an essay on the importance of family and friends.
Ten of the teenagers had been raised by their mother and father.
The other ten had spent the first five years of their lives in care (and were then adopted).
The researchers used content analysis to analyse the teenagers’ essays.
The researchers devised a set of categories to do this, two of which were ‘references to love’ and ‘references to fear of rejection.’
The researchers decided to interview some of the teenagers about their early life experiences.
Explain how the data collected from the interview might have improved upon the data collected from the content analysis (3 marks)
The data collected from the interview might have improved upon the data collected from the content analysis, because the interview would produce more in-depth information than the participant would have been able to reveal within the essay
Two researchers wanted to investigate the influence of early attachment on later relationships.
They asked 20 teenagers aged 14 - 16 to write an essay on the importance of family and friends.
Ten of the teenagers had been raised by their mother and father.
The other ten had spent the first five years of their lives in care (and were then adopted).
The researchers used content analysis to analyse the teenagers’ essays.
The researchers devised a set of categories to do this, two of which were ‘references to love’ and ‘references to fear of rejection.’
The researchers decided to interview some of the teenagers about their early life experiences.
Explain how the data collected from the interview might have improved upon the data collected from the content analysis (3 marks).
The data collected from the interview might have improved upon the data collected from the content analysis, because the interview would produce more in-depth information than the participant would have been able to reveal within the essay.
The interviewer may have gained a strong rapport with the participant, so that what?
The interviewer may have gained a strong rapport with the participant, so that they felt comfortable revealing more sensitive information face-to-face
Two researchers wanted to investigate the influence of early attachment on later relationships.
They asked 20 teenagers aged 14 - 16 to write an essay on the importance of family and friends.
Ten of the teenagers had been raised by their mother and father.
The other ten had spent the first five years of their lives in care (and were then adopted).
The researchers used content analysis to analyse the teenagers’ essays.
The researchers devised a set of categories to do this, two of which were ‘references to love’ and ‘references to fear of rejection.’
The researchers decided to interview some of the teenagers about their early life experiences.
Explain how the data collected from the interview might have improved upon the data collected from the content analysis (3 marks).
The data collected from the interview might have improved upon the data collected from the content analysis, because the interview would produce more in-depth information than the participant would have been able to reveal within the essay.
The interviewer may have gained a strong rapport with the participant, so that they felt comfortable revealing more sensitive information face-to-face.
What could the interviewer also have done?
The interviewer could have also asked follow-up questions to gain a greater insight into some of the points raised in the essay
