OCR Psychology For A Level Book 1 sample

Section A questions Questions on core studies individually Lee et al . on Truth telling Examples of questions on descriptive detail 1. Outline the dependent variable (DV) in Lee et al .’s study. [2] 2. The stories told to the participants in the Lee et al . study were classified in a number of ways. One way was whether the stories were physical or social. Describe one other way the stories were classified. [2] 3. Outline the aims of the Lee et al . study of evaluations of lying and truth telling. [3] 4. In the Lee et al . study, describe one similarity and one difference found in the results from the Chinese and Canadian children. [4] 5. In their study Lee et al . identified cultures as individualist or collectivist. Explain the difference between an individualist culture and a collectivist culture. [3] 6. Describe the procedure used in the Lee et al . study. [4] 7. In Lee et al .’s study of evaluations of lying and truth telling, describe the results that were found. [4] 8. Identify three independent variables (IVs) from the study by Lee et al . of evaluations of lying and truth telling. [3] Examples of questions on methodological issues 9. In Lee et al .’s study, the data gathered was quantitative. Explain what is meant by the term ‘quantitative’ and outline one strength of this type of data in the context of this study. [4] 10. Describe one ethical issue from the Lee et al . study of evaluation of lying and truth telling. [2] 11. Evaluate the validity of the Lee et al . study. [4] 12. In the study of evaluations of lying and truth telling by Lee et al. outline how the researchers controlled for order effects. [2] 13. Lee et al . used both an independent measures design and a repeated measures design in their study. Outline one way they used a repeated measures design. [2] 14. Evaluate the reliability of Lee et al .’s study of evaluations of lying and truth telling. [3] Examples of questions on the key theme and area of psychology 15. Outline what Lee et al . found in their study in relation to moral development. [3] 16. Explain how Lee et al .’s study of evaluations of lying and truth telling relates to the developmental area of psychology. [3] Section A questions Questions on core studies in pairs 1. To what extent are Kohlberg and Lee et al .’s studies of moral development ethnocentric? [3] 2. Outline one way in which the study by Kohlberg and the study by Lee et al . are similar and one way in which the studies are different. [4] 3. To what extent was the study by Lee et al . more ethical than that of Kohlberg? [3] 4. Discuss the similarities in the research methods used by Kohlberg and Lee et al . in their studies of moral development. [4] 5. Outline differences in the samples of participants used in the Kohlberg and Lee et al . studies. [3] 6. In what way was the study by Lee et al . more valid than the study by Kohlberg? [3] 7. Describe two similarities in the way in which the data was gathered in the studies by Kohlberg and Lee et al . on moral development. [4] 8. Outline one way in which the procedure used in the study by Lee et al . was an improvement on the procedure employed by Kohlberg. [2] 9. Describe differences between the data gathered in the Kohlberg and Lee et al . studies. [3] 10. Outline two similarities in the results found by Kohlberg and those by Lee et al . in their studies of moral development. [4] 11. To what extent is the study by Lee et al . more valid than that of Kohlberg? [3] 12. Compare the reliability of the results obtained by Kohlberg and Lee et al . on moral development. [4] 13. To what extent were the aims of the studies by Kohlberg and Lee et al . similar? [3] 217 A level only Exam preparation: Questions on developmental core studies 3 and 4