Child Practical Flashcards
What was the aim of the practical?
To investigate the relationship between the attachment to a primary caregiver and relationships in adolescence
What was the sample (3)?
- Opportunity sample
- 20 teenagers aged 17-18
- Males and females
What was the procedure (4)?
- Gave out 20 individual questionnaires to adolescents (e.g. do you usually discuss problems with your primary caregiver?)
- Each given 5 minutes to complete it
- Debriefed on questionnaire and its purpose
- Scale 1-7. 1=strongly disgaree, 7=strongly agree
How were the results analysed (4)?
- Used Spearmans Rho
- Added up the totals
- Found the significance level
- Put them into a scatter graph
Give 4 quantitative results
- Child total - 447
- Adult total - 481
Spearmans Rho - 0.89
-Result was significant
Give a conclusion to the study
There is a signifcant correlation between childhood relationships and later relationships.
This is due to the internal working model and its role as a basis of relationship
Give one strength and weakness of the sample used
- Used both males and females
- All adolescents used were from the North East
Give one strength and weakness of the reliability of the study
- All researchers worked in groups - high inter-rater reliability
- Didn’t carry out any previous trials - all done first time
Give one strength and weakness of the application of the study
–Can be applied to psychological research into maternal deprivation
-Socially sensitive - blames parents for the behaviours of their child
Give one strength and weakness of the validity of the study
- Measured what it intended to - high internal validity
- Only quantiative data
Give one strength and weakness of the ethics of the study
- All participants were kept confidential
- Social sensitivity - lack of protection from harm as it may be a sensitive subject
