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INTERVIEWS FLASHCARDS
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- 1What are interviews?A type of self-report method that involves the client reporting thoughts and feelings verbally
- 2Is there an IV or DV?No bc they are non-experimental
- 3How can interviews be used?Alone as a method
As a technique as part of another type of research method - 4What do structured interviews involve?A standard set of closed questions w a few possible answers
- 5What data do they produce?Quantitative
- 6Does the interviewer need special training?No
- 7What are semi-structured interviews?Flexible set of q's
Interviewer can ask ppl to develop their answers - 8What are the questions like?Open ended but can still get certain info
- 9What type of data do they produce?Qualitative data
- 10What does this mean?Responses have to be coded into categories
- 11Does the interviewer need special training?Yes
- 12Give 3 strengths of structured interviewsRequire less interview skill
Easier to analyse bc answers are pre-determined & produce quantitative data
Can be easily repeated bc standardised questions - 13Give 3 weaknesses of structured interviewsAnswers restricted by questions = meaningless data
Reliability affected by same interviewer acting differently
Q's could be interpreted differently by different clients - 14Give 2 strengths of semi-structured interviewsIn-depth qualitative data can be collected
Info can be revealed that might not have come out in pre-determined q's - 15Give 3 weaknesses of semi-structureed interviewsMore difficult to analyse the data
Possible interviewer bias bc they could lead the pps in developing their responses
Different q's could be interpreted in different ways - 16Give 2 strengths of interviews overall1. Can large samples
2. Pps can describe their own experiences - 17Give an example of how large samples can be studied'Group study' involves a dozen ppl being interviewed together
- 18Why is this strength?For some pps it's a more natural situation
Feels like real life
Easier to share information
Increases validity of answers - 19Why is allowing pps to describe their own experiences a strength?Have access to feelings, thoughts & experiences
Easier to reveal behaviour from real situations
Can use own words - 20What does this allow psychologists to go?Collect detailed qualitative data
- 21Give 2 weaknesses of interviews overall1.Pps can lie
2. Leading q's - 22Why might pps not tell the truth?Social desirability bias
Hard to verbalise emotions & thoughts - 23Give an example of thisIf asked 'Have you ever stolen anything?' Pps may lie bc they don't want to be judged as a 'bad' person
- 24What are the repercussions of this?Answers could lack meaning & validity
- 25Give an example of a leading question'Did you feel sad after the upsetting funeral?'
- 26What can these cause?Pps to answer in a certain way
Answer will lack validity - 27When else can this occur?If q's aren't clear to pp
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- AS - Level Psychology (Research methods ) Flashcards on INTERVIEWS FLASHCARDS, created by lucy duckmanton on 31/03/2016.
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