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A-LevelPsychologyResearch Methods (Ethics & Experimental Design)Feb/Mar 2019Paper 2 Q911 Marks

Bella is conducting a laboratory experiment to find out about people's fear of animals. She asks each participant if they have any phobias. If the participant says yes they are asked to leave. The remaining participants are shown photographs while their pulse rate is measured. The independent variable (IV) is whether the photographs are of animals with eight legs or animals with four legs.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Psychology (9990) Feb/Mar 2019 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Research Methods (Ethics & Experimental Design) and is worth 11 marks.

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