Practise identifying and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data in psychological research with CAIE Psychology AS questions and mark schemes.
Memory research is often conducted using eyewitnesses who have witnessed a real crime. Alternatively, researchers can use a simulated crime in a laboratory and ask participants what they remember.
One strength of using a simulated crime in a laboratory is that it can improve objectivity.
Outline what is meant by the term 'objectivity', including an example about eyewitnesses.
using an example about eyewitnesses.
judgment from external perspective;
(outline) independent viewpoint;
(outline) data obtained without personal bias;
(outline)
researchers might be biased by emotions/suffering of real eyewitnesses;
(example)
in artificial situations, researcher knows the correct memories of the scene;
(e.g.)
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Outline =1
example must relate to objectivity= 1
an eyewitness seeing a thief stealing something =0 [NAQ not about objectivity]
If an effective answer is given relating to Pozzulo, credit it.
Describe how one feature of the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups) helped to make the study objective.
responses to line-ups limited to present or not;
(strategy) so no 'maybe' or 'more likely to be x than y';
(how it helped) participants' responses were quantitative (present or not);
strategy)
so the researchers did not have to interpret the results;
(how it helped)
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Objectivity strategy = 1
How it helped = 1
silhouettes (as a 'target absent' choice);
(strategy) making the choice an objective one between present/absent rather than a difficult choice of present/not present;
(how it helped)