Practical

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To conduct a questionnaire to study the difference in prejudice, homophobic attitudes between older (45>) and younger (<25) people

Question 2

Method

Answer 2

Opportunity sampling gathering 20 people from college and from my friends and family.
10 questions on a questionnaire including open and closed questions such as ‘How much do you agree with equality of marriage for homosexual people?’ Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree and ‘Why do you feel this way about marriage equality?’

I stood with participants while they filled out the questionnaire to make sure they understood all the questions and I could assist them if needed. All results were kept confidential and participants were both given informed consent and a right to withdraw at any point.

Question 3

Results

Answer 3

Older people showed more prejudice towards homosexuality in their results for example;
Mean score for prejudice in older people was 24 and for younger it was 15
Older ppts feel more uuncomfortable when witnessing public displays of affection.
Thematic analysis shows key themes such as love is love and marriage should be applied the same way

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

Older people show more prejudice towards homosexuality

Question 5

+quick

Answer 5

Finding peoples opinions in the most straight forward method

Question 6

+data

Answer 6

Collected both qualitative and quantitative data

Question 7

+sample

Answer 7

Sample was both males and females

Question 8

+ethics

Answer 8

Followed ethical guidelines

Question 9

-sample

Answer 9

Opportunity sampling so not generalizable

Question 10

-demand characteristics

Answer 10

Could be distressing/embarrassing to answer while we stood there

Question 11

-low validity

Answer 11

Social desirability

Question 12

-bias

Answer 12

We decided on ‘old’ and ‘young’ so possibly biasing results taht are not valid