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A-LevelPsychologyResearch methods9990/22 · May/June 2018 · Q24 Marks

Describe two of the controls from the study by Andrade (doodling).

  1. Describe two of the controls from the study by Andrade (doodling).[4]

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  1. [2] Participants were made equally bored/tired by taking them just after another study.
  2. [2] Standardised instructions were used, e.g., saying 'write down the people who can or might come but not those who can't'.
  3. [2] All participants had paper available, so any participants could have doodled.
  4. [2] The experimental group had special doodling paper / shapes (controls had lined/plain paper).
  5. [2] Random assignment to condition was used, otherwise the doodlers would choose the doodling group.

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Topic
Research methods, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
A-Level Psychology, May/June 2018 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 2.

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