Practise Edexcel Psychology questions operationalising independent and dependent variables so that experimental conditions and outcomes can be measured clearly.
As part of your studies in cognitive psychology, you will have conducted a practical investigation.
Describe how you operationalised the variables in your practical investigation.
AO2 (2 marks)
Credit two marks for a full description of how variables were
operationalised.
Credit one mark for a partial description of how variables were
operationalised.
For example:
• The same groups rehearsed trigrams without
interference and again with interference through
counting backwards (1). The dependent variable was
the number of trigrams recalled out of 15 (1).
Answers must be relevant the cognitive practical.
Generic answers score 0 marks.
Look for other reasonable marking points.
(2)