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A-LevelPsychologyResearch methods9990/22 · Feb/Mar 2020 · Q23 Marks

From the study by Canli et al. (brain scans and emotions):

  1. Explain what is meant by 'generalisability', using two examples from this study.[3]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Feb/Mar 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] 1 mark for definition
  2. [1] 1 mark for an example ×2
  3. [1] Generalisability means the extent to which the findings of a study are representative (of the population)
  4. [1] all participants were female (may report emotion more / be more emotionally reactive) so will not generalise to men
  5. [1] all participants were right handed (may have different brain activation / emotionality) so will not generalise to left handers
  6. [1] each individual pattern of activation over the brain differed slightly (so they had to be averaged)
  7. [1] Only 10/few participants who may have differed in emotions / brain activation (so not typical of whole population)

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Topic
Research methods, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 3 marks.
Source
A-Level Psychology, Feb/Mar 2020 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 2.

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