Child practical

Question 1

What was the aim of your practical and what key concept were you testing?

Answer 1

To see if childhood attachments impact adolescent attachment, testing the continuity hypothesis

Question 2

Describe the sample of your child practical

Answer 2

30 participants, gathered through opportunity sample of friends and family, aged 13-18

Question 3

What research method did you use in your child practical?

Answer 3

Questionnaire

Question 4

true or false: the questionnaire in your child practical included both open and closed questions?

Answer 4

False - only closed questions were used

Question 5

Describe the questionnaire used in your child practical

Answer 5

5 closed questions on childhood attachment and 5 closed questions on adolescent attachment, including likert scales, rating questions and yes/no responses

Question 6

Give an example of a question from your child practical

Answer 6

Did you cry when you were dropped off at nursery? Yes or no

Question 7

How did you score participants answers?

Answer 7

Each response was given a value referring to if it showed high attachment or low attachment and participants were given a total score for child and adolescent attachments

Question 8

Which stats test was used in your child practical and why?

Answer 8

Spearmans Rho
- at least ordinal data
- looking for a relationship

Question 9

Describe the results of your child practical

Answer 9

Spearmans Rho=0.87, critical value (p<0.05, one tailed)=0.306, showing a significant positive relationship between child and adolescent attachment

Question 10

Give an evaluation point about reliability

Answer 10

standardised questionnaire, with same questions about attachment which means it can be easily repeated to get same results

Question 11

Give an evaluation about validity

Answer 11

e.g. chance of social desirability impacting results as people want to ‘seem’ securely attached so may not measure actual attachment