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A-LevelPsychologyConsumer psychology9990/41 · May/June 2018 · Q618 Marks

Most people do not like to queue in a fast-food restaurant.

  1. (a)Design a field experiment to investigate which layout design option for a fast-food restaurant produces the least queueing.[10]
  2. (b)Explain the psychological and methodological evidence on which your experiment is based.[8]

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  1. [10] Design a field experiment to investigate which layout design option for a fast-food restaurant produces the least queueing. (Generic Level Descriptor applies)
  2. [8] Explain the psychological and methodological evidence on which your experiment is based. (Generic Level Descriptor applies)

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Topic
Consumer psychology, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 18 marks.
Source
A-Level Psychology, May/June 2018 Paper 4 Variant 1, question 6.

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