Social Practical

Question 1

What type of study was the social practical?

Answer 1

Questionnaire study

Question 2

What questions did you ask in your social practical?

Answer 2

• A ticket officer on a train tells you to give up your seat for another passenger. Do you move or not? (open)
• On a scale from 1 to 10 how obedient are you? (closed)

Question 3

How did you sample the participants in the social practical? What was the sample?

Answer 3

• Opportunity sampling
• 16ps (9M + 7F)
• 2 groups: 18 and under + over 18

Question 4

How did you over come ethical issues in the social practical?

Answer 4

• Informed consent, Asked for consent
• Confidentiallity, No personal data collected - anonymous
• Debreif given at the end of the study

Question 5

What were the results of the social practical?

Answer 5

Mean:
- over 18’s, 8.88
- 18 and under, 6.75
Obedience levels lower for 18 and under

Question 6

What did the qualitative data find in the social practical?

Answer 6

Thermatic analysis:
Found over 18’s were more likely to give up their seat due to morals and beliefs

Question 7

What are the strengths of the social practical?

Answer 7

• Collect qualitative + quantitative data - Allowed us to analysis the numerical data and carry out a thermatic analysis
• Standadised procedure - Reliable - Everyone experienced the same

Question 8

What are the weaknesses of the social practical?

Answer 8

• Didn’t screen psychology students - May know aim - Chance of demand characteristics

Question 9

What was an improvement of the social practical?

Answer 9

screen participants - remove psychology students - so the results are more valid