Chaney

Question 1

What area of psychology is Chaney in?

Answer 1

The developmental area

Question 2

What did Chaney study the effects of?

Answer 2

Operant conditioning

Question 3

What is operant conditioning?

Answer 3

A form of associative learning, whereby we learn by the consequences of our actions

Question 4

Describe the research method

Answer 4

A field experiment, conducted in the children’s homes

Repeated measures

Question 5

Describe the sample

Answer 5

30 children aged 1.5 years to 6 years

Question 6

How was data gathered from parents??

Answer 6

Through a self report in the form of a questionnaire, consisting of closed questions and multiple choice questions

Question 7

Describe the procedure

Answer 7

• parents were asked about their child’s current use of their spacer device and their attitude towards it
• children then used the funhailer
• parents then were asked about their attitude towards the funhailer

Question 8

Describe the funhailer. Why was it different?

Answer 8

It had certain interesting stimuli on it which meant when the children used the device properly they saw spinning discs and heard whistles which made it more enjoyable

Question 9

Give the conclusion of the study

Answer 9

There is much more success when using the funhailer