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Self report techniques flashcards
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- 1Name 2 self-report methodsInterviews
Questionnaires - 2Self report . . .Questionnaires + interviews are non-experimental
There is no IV + DV
Questionnaire responses written down
Interview responses spoken - 3Closed questions . . .Provide quantitative data which can be easily analysed
- 4Open questions . . .Produce qualitative data which is not numerical + usually leads to richer more detailed info
- 5Why would a psychologist use a questionnaire?Questions are written down so the interviewer will not bias the ppts answer by the way the questions are asked
- 6Interviews . . .Can be either structured or unstructured + are usually done face-to-face
- 7Why would a psychologist use an interview?They are useful for gathering more detailed info + enable a more flexible approach to questioning
- 8Questionnaire Advantage 1.1. Lots of data can be collected from large numbers of people quickly + cheaply compared to an interview as they require no specialist training
- 9Questionnaire Advantage 2.2. As researcher isn't present there are fewer investigator effects
- 10Questionnaire Advantage 3.3. Ppts are more likely to answer honestly
- 11Questionnaire Disadvantage 1.1. Leading questions lower the validity
- 12Questionnaire Disadvantage 2.2. Social desirability bias where people may not be honest
- 13Questionnaire Disadvantage 3.Sample is biased because only motivated people fill in questionnaires
- 14Questionnaire Disadvantage 4.4. Ppts may misunderstand questions without a researcher there to explain
- 15Interview Advantage 1.1. More flexible than questionnaires as researchers can interact with the ppts to clarify info so there are less likely to be any misunderstandings
- 16Interview Disadvantage 1.More time consuming than questionnaires as specialist training is required
- 17Interview Disadvantage 2.2. The interaction between investigator + ppt may affect the data that is being collected as there is more chance of investigator bias
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- AS level Psychology Flashcards on Self report techniques flashcards, created by jemma bridgwood on 25/03/2017.
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