Edexcel A-Level Psychology A2 9.3.2 Practical Issues in the Design and Implementation of Research Topic Practice

AO2 (2 marks), AO3 (2 marks)
Credit one mark for accurate identification of each improvement in
relation to scenario (AO2)
Credit one mark for exemplification/justification of each improvement
(AO3)
For example;
- Louis could set the disturbance buzzer to go off every ten minutes
to make sure the rats do not sleep for an hour (1). This would
increase the reliability of any findings that sleep disturbances did
affect the appetite of the rats (1)
- The study could be conducted during the night instead of the day
time as rats are nocturnal (1). This would increase the validity of
the experiment as the appetite of the rats would be measured in a
more normal context (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
Generic answers score 0 marks.

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