Social Practical Study.

Question 1

What is the aim?

Answer 1

To investigate if there are differences between men and women in levels of obedience.

Question 2

What is the independent variable?

Answer 2

The gender (male or female).

Question 3

What is the dependent variable?

Answer 3

Levels of obedience as measured by the questionnare.

Question 4

What is some extranous variables?

Answer 4

-Authoritaian personality/ personality differences.
-Other people in the room.

Question 5

What is a null hypothesis?

Answer 5

There will not be a difference between men and women’s obedience levels.

Question 6

What is a two-tailed hypothesis?

Answer 6

There will be a difference between men and women’s obedience levels.

Question 7

What is a one-tailed hypothesis?

Answer 7

Males will have a higher level of obedience than females.

Question 8

What type of sampleing is used?

Answer 8

Oppurtinity sampeling.

Question 9

What are some strengths of the practical?

Answer 9

-Following all ethical issues so the study is crediable.
-Easy to gather a range of partipants- more generalisable.

Question 10

What are some weaknesses of the practical?

Answer 10

-Oppurtunity sampleling can have shared characteristics.
-Social desirablity bias to make self seem good.

Question 11

What was the standard deviation of the female scores?

Answer 11

1.16

Question 12

What was the standard deviation of the male scores?

Answer 12

2.40

Question 13

What was the mean score for the female results?

Answer 13

9.07

Question 14

What was the mean score for the male scores?

Answer 14

8.38

Question 15

What is a conclusion for the practical?

Answer 15

Females have higher obedience levels than men.

Question 16

What is an example of a closed likert scale question used?

Answer 16

I am likely to stand up to an authority figure (on a scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree)

Question 17

What is an example of an open question used?

Answer 17

Do you think you are more likely to obey someone of the same sex and why?

Question 18

What were some themes found for males and females (and both) from the qualitative data?

Answer 18

Males:
-Obedience is more to do with a persons upbringing.
Females:
-More confident obeying someone of the same sex.
Both:
-Gender of an authority figure does not matter.