learning practical

Question 1

research question

Answer 1

are females more likely to show pro-social behaviour than males

Question 2

what does SLT suggest about learned behaviour

Answer 2

• it is learned through observation, retention, imitation, modelling, motivation (reinforcement )

Question 3

how did we operationalise pro social behaviour

Answer 3

• people who helped to give directions to the shops when we asked them where the shops were

Question 4

operationalised 1 tailed hypothesis

Answer 4

the number of people who helped to give directions to the shops will be significantly different between males and females

Question 5

operationalised null hypothesis

Answer 5

there will be no significant difference between the number of males who helped to give directions to the shops and the number of females who helped to give directions to the shops when asked

Question 6

sample method

Answer 6

opportunity sampling : whoever we saw in Stourbridge we asked (convenience)

Question 7

how many participants in total were gathered

Answer 7

40

Question 8

procedure

Answer 8

• In a group of 3
• All 3 of us (students) walked around Stourbridge, and when we walked past someone 1 of us (pre selected) asked the person if they knew the directions to Aldi (shop)
• whilst this was happening 1 student noted down qualitative data, about the participants tone, body language, eye contact, what they said in response
• the 3rd student tallied down whether the person gave directions or not, and whether they were male or female
• after the participant had left we discussed our findings with each other before moving onto the next participant

Question 9

what type of observation was carried out

Answer 9

covert
naturalistic
non-participant

Question 10

how many males were there in total

Answer 10

16

Question 11

how many females in total

Answer 11

24

Question 12

how many males gave directions

Answer 12

16

Question 13

how many females gave directions

Answer 13

22

Question 14

how many females didn’t give directions

Answer 14

4

Question 15

strengths - in answer be more specific

Answer 15

large sample size
standardized procedure
covert

Question 16

weaknesses - be more specific in answer

Answer 16

only done once in Stourbridge
uneven sample size