Social psychology practical

Question 1

What is the aim of the social psychology practical?

Answer 1

A questionnaire to see if males or females in the sixth form are more obedient

Question 2

What are the hypotheses of the social psychology practical?

Answer 2

DIRECTIONAL: females will percieve themselves to be more obedient than males

NON-DIRECTIONAL: there will be a difference between the genders in how obedient they perceive themselves to be

NULL: there will be no difference between the genders in how obedient they perceive themselves to be

Question 3

What is the method of social psychology practical?

Answer 3

1. Independent groups design
2. Opportunistic sampling used - 10 females and males selected from the sixth form centre during a free period
3. Questionnaire consists of both open and closed questions, open questions use a Likert scale

Question 4

What are the results of the social psychology practical?

Answer 4

Females scored higher on the scale, their average on the Likert scale was “often”

Males scored lower on the scale, their average on the Likert scale was “not often”

Question 5

What are the thematic analysis themes in the social psychology practical?

Answer 5

1. H/W and progress
2. References and UCAS
3. Proximity
4. Everyone else

Question 6

What are AO3 points for thematic analysis?

Answer 6

1. Now comparable data is gathered and it’s measurable
2. Subjective to researchers’ opinions, can ignore information that doesn’t match the hypothesis, but you can get multiple researchers to analyse the data to counteract this

Question 7

What are AO3 points for the social psychology practical?

Answer 7

1. High replicability due to the questionnaire having closed questions, so questions can be repeated
2. Validity issues due to inaccurate and unreliable responses from participants whose answers may be affected by social desirability
3. High confidentiality due to anonymity

Question 8

Give examples of the open and closed questions in the social psychology practical

Answer 8

OPEN: Why would you or wouldn’t you follow the orders of your head of the sixth form?

CLOSED: did you do your homework last week?

Question 9

How do you carry out a thematic analysis?

Answer 9

• Identify common themes and tally charting
• Turns qualitative data into quantitative data