Learning: Practical

Question 1

What was the aim of the practical?

Answer 1

To see if there are gender differences in manners between males and females on public transport.

Question 2

What is event sampling?

Answer 2

Tally every time a set of behaviours are shown from a coding scheme.

Question 3

What are some strengths of the practical?

Answer 3

-Standardised as all done for 10 minutes and same coding scheme.
-Naturalistic on public transport so more valid.
-Covert observation so less demand characteristics.
-All genders/cultures used so more generalisable.

Question 4

What are some weaknesses of the practical?

Answer 4

-No consent in covert observation.
-Field experiment so more EV’s.
-Only looked at transport in north east so less diverse.