social pack 4 (practical obediance)

Question 1

what is the title of your practical report

Answer 1

“a questionnaire to investigate whether people with an internal or external locus of control are more likely to be obedient”

Question 2

what is the aim of your self report study

Answer 2

to use self report in the form of a questionnaire to investigate whether people with an internal or external locus of control were more obedient or had a different attitude to obedience

Question 2

what is the IV of your self report study

Answer 2

locus of control (LOC)

Question 3

what is the DV of your self report study

Answer 3

levels of reported obedience/ attitude to obedience

Question 4

how is the IV operationalised in your self report study

Answer 4

measured by 3 questions on LOC using self report questions on a likert scale 1-10, 1= strongly disagree 10= strongly agree

Question 5

how is the DV operationalised in your self report study

Answer 5

by asking 15 open and closed questions using self report questions on obediance

Question 6

what sampling technique was used in your self report study

Answer 6

• opportunity sampling

Question 7

describe the sample used in your self report study

Answer 7

• people of any gender or occupation over the age of 16
• a minimum of 20 participants were used and took place in the county of surrey
• a strength is that it was very convenient for the researcher as it was not time consumer for me collect

Question 8

name one open question used

Answer 8

• for what reasons would you do as the police tells you

Question 9

name one closed question used

Answer 9

• if a teacher tells you to stop chewing gum in class would you, yes/no

Question 10

what is one weakness of your self report study

Answer 10

• lower generalisability
• most of the p’s are 16-18 years old
• can only be generalised to this group of people and not target population

Question 10

name one weakness of the questions you used

Answer 10

they are all to do with obedience so the participant may know the aim of the research ( demand characteristics)
- reduces the validity as p’s may give socially desirable answers

Question 10

name one strength of the questions you used

Answer 10

• they are precise and only cover one point meaning its hard to get confused
• this increases the internal validity

Question 11

what is one strength of your self report study

Answer 11

• standardised procedures used when collecting data
• all p’s asked same question, increasing objectivity
• measuring reliability of the study is higher