child practical

Question 1

what was the aim of the child practical?

Answer 1

• to see if there is a relationship between childhood secure attachment via self report and adulthood secure attachment via self report

Question 2

what was the sample of the child practical? how did we recruit the sample?

Answer 2

20 ppts
10 male and 10 female
-opportunity sampling

Question 3

what was the procedure of the child practical? (5)

Answer 3

1-produced a 10 question questionnaire on childhood and adult relationships
2-used a pilot group of 4 people to test questions on to decide the suitability of questions
3-asked 20 ppts to complete the questionnaires-right to withdraw established
4-debriefed at end
5-analysed data through spearman’s rho

Question 4

what were the results of the child practical? (3)

Answer 4

-scored question on a max of 5-higher score=more insecure attachment
-observed value of 0.388 at P<0.05
critical value=0.344

Question 5

what were the conclusions of the child practical? (2)

Answer 5

• observed value larger than critical value=significant results
• there is a relationship between childhood and adulthood relationship attachment

Question 6

what was the two-tailed hypothesis?

Answer 6

the attachment’s forms in childhood will affect adulthood relationships

Question 7

what was the null hypothesis?

Answer 7

there will be no significance between childhood attachments and adulthood relationships

Question 8

STRENGTHS of the practical? (3)

Answer 8

• standardised- same questionnaires with same 10 questions
• conducted pilot study-increases validity-eliminates any unnecessary questions
• collects quantitative data-can statistically analyse-compare scores and get a significance

Question 9

WEAKNESSES of the practical? (3)

Answer 9

• social desirability- intrusive questions about relationships asked-ppts may lie to make relationships look better- reduces the validity
• small sample
• quantitative data- doesn’t gather enough detail about the complexity of relationships/attachments