Practise Edexcel Psychology questions on Moscovici et al. (1969), describing the blue-green study procedure, sample, findings, conclusions and methodological weaknesses in context.
In social psychology you will have learned about one classic study in detail.
Describe the procedure used in Moscovici et al.'s (1969) study.
AO1 (4 marks)
Credit up to four marks for an accurate description.
For example:
- Participants were shown 36 slides of different shades of
blue and asked to say what colour the slide was (1).
There were two confederates and four participants in each
condition (1). In the consistent condition confederates
answered green for all 36 slides (1). In the inconsistent
condition confederates answered green 24 times and blue
12 times (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
(4)
Explain one strength and one weakness of Moscovici et al.'s (1969) study.
(4)
Strength
Weakness
AO1 (2 marks), AO3 (2 marks)
Credit one mark for accurate identification of one strength and
one weakness (AO1).
Credit one mark for justification of each strength and each
weakness (AO3).
For example:
Strength
- Moscovici et al. (1969) controlled for extraneous variables
such as lighting levels which may affect judgement of
colour (1) so the results were a more reliable measure of
minority influence being the cause of decision making (1).
Weakness
- The sample is unrepresentative as only female
participants were used (1) therefore the results lack
generalisability to the influence of a minority on male
decision making (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
(4)