A-LevelPsychologyBiological approach9990/12 · Feb/Mar 2024 · Q74 Marks

Your friend, Taara, needs your help. She has volunteered to take part in a study that is replicating the study by Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams). She wants to know how she will be woken up and then asked about her dreams. Outline this part of the procedure for Taara.

(a)Your friend, Taara, needs your help. She has volunteered to take part in a study that is replicating the study by Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams). She wants to know how she will be woken up and then asked about her dreams. Outline this part of the procedure for Taara.[4]

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[1] You will be woken up by a doorbell.
[1] It will be loud enough to wake you up.
[1] You will then be asked if you were having a dream or not.
[1] Then you will be asked to tell the experimenter about the content of your dream.
[1] You will be asked to talk into a recording device.
[1] The experimenter may come in if they want more information about your dream.
[1] You may be asked to estimate dream duration.

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Topic: Biological approach, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source: A-Level Psychology, Feb/Mar 2024 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 7.

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