own practical

Question 1

what was the aim of the practical?

Answer 1

to investigate the differences in helpful or polite behaviour, such as someone holding a door open and saying thank you, between males and females in an 8 minute observational study

Question 2

what was the alternative hypothesis?

Answer 2

females will show more polite behaviour in terms of two types of behaviours chosen: holding the door open for someone and saying thank you than males in an 8 minute observation

Question 3

what was the null hypothesis?

Answer 3

there will be no difference between males and females in polite behaviour in terms of two types of behaviours chosen; holding the door open for someone and saying thank you to those who hold the door open for you, any differences will be due to chance

Question 4

what is the IV?

Answer 4

males and females

Question 5

what is the DV?

Answer 5

polite bhevaiour
holding door open
syaing thanktyou

Question 6

what design was it?

Answer 6

independant groups design as could only be male and female

Question 7

what kind of observation was it?

Answer 7

a naturalistic covert observation

Question 8

what kind of observation sampling was used?

Answer 8

event sampling

Question 9

who were the participants?

Answer 9

ags

from 16-18

Question 10

how long was the observation?

Answer 10

8 minutes

Question 11

how were ppts chosen?

Answer 11

through event sampling

Question 12

how was tallies taken?

Answer 12

using mobile phones

Question 13

what was the method?

Answer 13

• 2 behaviours picked
• lower canteen used as the place
• 4 observers situated themselves at 2 tables that were 3 metres away from the door
• 8 minutes tallied eveytime behaviours occurred for both men and women
• observers then compared tallies
• average calculated

Question 14

how far were observers sat?

Answer 14

3 metres away from observation site

Question 15

what two behaviours were picked?

Answer 15

holding doors open

saying thank you to someone who held a door open

Question 16

what were female themes found form qualitative data?

Answer 16

avoided eye contact

Question 17

what were male themes found from qualitative data?

Answer 17

held door with foot rather than hand

held door more than they said thank you

Question 18

what were themes found in both genders?

Answer 18

more likely to show either behaviour when accompanied by larger group
more likely to show behaviours when older person present

Question 19

what statistical test was used?

Answer 19

chi squared

Question 20

what was the calculate chi squared value?

Answer 20

0.55 at 5% significance level

Question 21

what was the critical value?

Answer 21

3.83 when df=1 for a two tailed test

Question 22

what does chi squared tell us?

Answer 22

that because calculated value is lower than critical it shows that results are signifiant

Question 23

how many polite behaviours did males show?

Answer 23

33

Question 24

how many polite behaviours did women show?

Answer 24

48