Biological required practical

Question 1

What is the aim of the biological required practical

Answer 1

To see if there is a difference between attitudes towards recreational drugs depending on age

Question 2

What is the method of the biological required practical

Answer 2

1. A semi-structured interview with closed and open questions
2. Volunteer sample aged 15-20 years and 35-40 years old
3. Opportunistic sampling asking family and friends within that age bracket (5 people from each category)

Question 3

What are some of the open and closed questions you might ask in the required practical for biological psychology?

Answer 3

OPEN: Why would you or wouldn’t you take recreational drugs?

CLOSED: Would you ever take a recreational drug?

Question 4

What are the results for the required practical for biological psychology?

Answer 4

• Age had no factor in the attitudes toward recreational drugs

Question 5

What are the AO3 points for the required practical for biological psychology?

Answer 5

1. Low generalisability
   - Small sample, the sample is missing other age brackets
   - Sample is biased because its only local people who have a similar culture and background of a lack of exposure to drugs
2. High reliability
   - Contains closed questions that can be replicated in other studies
3. Low validity
   - Close relationship affects the answers of the participants as they will answer in what way they think is socially and politically correct