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A-LevelPsychologyResearch MethodsMay/June 2018Paper 2 Q98 Marks

Don and Pinja are planning to test whether older or younger people lose their way more often, even when using a map. They will time how long it takes each participant to find their way between two places in their university, using a map. They are talking about how to find participants and how to start the study. They often see older people returning from the shops in the morning and younger people after school in the evening.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Psychology (9990) May/June 2018 examination, Paper 2 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Research Methods and is worth 8 marks.

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