Practise child healthy-eating and school programmes, applying behavioural change and planning follow-up interviews that test whether outcomes persist into adulthood.
Outline one example of a sample of children used in a study of healthy eating.
Outline one example of a sample of children used in a study of healthy eating.
Award 2 marks for an outline of an example of a sample of children used in a study of healthy eating.
Award 1 mark for a basic outline of an example of a sample of children used in a study of healthy eating.
Likely content:
Tapper et al. (2003):
26 two- to four-year-olds attending the university's daycare nursery OR
26 children aged 5-6 years in Bangor in North Wales OR
28 children aged 5-6 years in Bangor in North Wales OR
The entire primary age range ( 4-11 years) in three schools, in Bangor in North Wales, Harwell in Oxfordshire and Salford in Manchester OR
Two schools in Lambeth in south London - age 4-11 years
Credit can be given to other studies on healthy eating e.g. Silva et al. (2013):
122 Private Schools and 173 Public Schools in Brazil
Example:
Primary age children, 4-11 years (1) From 3 schools in the U.K. (1)
Other appropriate responses should also be credited.
2
Need to include the specific ages of the children
No credit to primary children, young children, under age of 6.
Pre-school children (1)
Explain one reason why it is important to use children in psychological research on healthy eating.
Award 2 marks for an outline of importance of using children in psychological research on healthy eating
Award 1 mark for a basic outline of importance of using children in psychological research on healthy eating
OR
Award 1 mark for an outline of importance of using children in psychological research with no reference to healthy eating
Likely content:
- Children are less influenced by demand characteristics as they may be unaware they are in a study (or lack the understanding of what this means).
- Can investigate the effects of implementing a healthy eating strategy on children and follow them up when they are older to see if this has had an impact on their eating patterns in later life.
- Healthy eating strategy can be implemented in a school environment where all of the children attend and can be introduced in a similar way by the teachers at the school.
Example:
It is important to use children in psychological research on healthy eating so that psychologists can investigate the impact of a strategy for healthy eating implemented in schools when children are young in the long term. (1) The children can be followed-up as adults to see if the healthy eating strategy is still having an impact. (1)
Other appropriate responses should also be credited.
2
Context = healthy eating