Practical Experiments Flashcards
What was the aim of the learning practical?
To investigate whether males or females would show more helpful and polite behaviour
What was the hypothesis for the learning practical?
More males will show helpful and polite behaviour through holding doors open and saying thank you to a dinner lady than females in an obersvation in a canteen
What was the background to the learning practical?
Bandura et al found males to be less socially aggressive than females meaning they may show more pro social behaviour
What type of data was obtained from the learning practical?
Quantitative data - no. of times held door or said thankyou
Qualitative data - whether they smiled whilst doing so, held door for long time, made conversation
What was the design for the learning practical?
- Non participant, covert observation
- Independent measures
- Opportunity sampling
- Event sampling
What statistical test took place in the learning practical and how was qualitative data analysed?
- Mann U Whitney
- Thematic Analysis
What results were yielded from the learning pratical?
- No significant difference
- Observed value - 0.52, critical value - 2.71
How could the learning practical be considered ethical?
Public place - ppts knew they could be seen
What was the aim of the biological practical?
To investigate the relationship between height and aggression
What was the hypothesis for the biological practical?
There will be a correlation between height (cm) and aggression score on a likert scale from a self report questionnaire
What statistical test was used for the biological practical?
Spearman’s Rho
What were the findings from the biological practical?
Critical value - 0.412, calculated value 0.337 = no correlation
What design was used for the biological practical?
- Correlation
- Opportunity sampling
- Questionnaire with likert scale
What did the questions look at in the biological practical?
Verbal and physical aggression. “I get angry easily” “I am sometimes described as argumentative”
What did the social practical look at?
Whether males or females were more obedient
What was the hypothesis of the social practical?
There will be a difference in the obedience of males and females investigated by a self report questionnaire containing 20 open and closed questions
What was the design for the social practical?
- Questionnaire
- Open and closed questions
- Qualitative and quantitative data
- Independent groups
- Thematic analysis
- Opportunity sampling
What themes emerged from the thematic analysis of the social practical?
That people were less likely to obey to their parents than a teacher. Obedience depended on the task and if there was a reward. People defined obedience as law abiding.
What is an example of a question from the social practical?
‘How obedient do you think you are?’
Why was the social practical carried out?
Blass and Milgram had found no differences in obedience between males and females
What was the aim of the cognitive practical?
To see whether position in a word list impacted recall
What was the hypothesis of the cognitive practical?
Participants will recall more words from the beginning of a word list of 21 words than from the middle and will recall more from the end of the word list than from the middle.
What was the dependent variable of the cognitive practical?
Number of words recalled out of 7 at the beginning, middle and end of the word list.
What was the independent variable of the cognitive practical?
Beginning 7 words, Middle 7 words and End 7 words
