Section C Answer all questions in this section. Seth is planning a case study to investigate the communication and emotion in a family. The family consists of a mother, father, grandmother and one son. They live in a remote house and do not interact with other people often.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2021). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [2] Use of multiple data collection techniques (e.g., two or more of interviews, observations, questionnaires, over multiple sessions, detailed);
2. [2] Content of data collection focusing on questions about relationships and emotions (e.g., open/closed questions, examples, observe relationships and emotions in different combinations of the family);
3. [2] Use of data: identifying how data might be used, what sources will give qualitative and quantitative data (e.g., how open questions will be interpreted, how relationships and emotions will be analysed, triangulation or how quantitative data will be scored/analysed/used);
4. [2] Location of participants when being studied (e.g. remote house);
5. [2] Focus on specific family members (mother, father, grandmother, son) who live in a remote house;
6. [4] Problem (e.g., operationalisation of communication/emotion, situational/participant variables factors like reactivity, inter-rater/intra-rater consistency) identified and solution clearly described (e.g., refined operational definitions, covert observation/habituation, thorough observer training/coding schemes).