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A-LevelPsychologyResearch methods9990/23 · Oct/Nov 2021 · Q51 Mark

In the cognitive approach, studies often need to deceive participants. Explain why deception was necessary in the study by Andrade (doodling).

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  1. [1] If the participants had known about the surprise memory test they would have deliberately remembered the place names;
  2. [1] To avoid demand characteristics so the participants didn't deliberately doodle / make an effort to remember names / focus on the names in the message;

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Research methods, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Psychology, Oct/Nov 2021 Paper 2 Variant 3, question 5.

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