Psychology

1. 1Cooper and Mackie was a study into aggression and video games. What was their research method?

   1. AField Experiment
   2. BLab experiment
2. 2Cooper and Mackie found that girls preferred to play so their aggression levels were higher in the play room.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
3. 3In the study of cooper and Mackie how many children were in the sample?

   1. A88 9-12 year olds
   2. B84 9-11 year olds
   3. C94 8-11 year olds
4. 4What were the limitations of Copper and Mackie's research?

   1. ADifficult to generalise as they targeted only 84 children from the USA. The impact of computer games on different cultures may be different. Lacks ecological validity due to it being in an artificial environment. Doesn't produce any correlation with video games and interpersonal aggression over a long time as they tested the immediate effects.
   2. BLacks ecological reliability due to it being in artificial conditions. The study has high demand characteristics due to the observer being in the room so the children will do what she is looking for. On the test the children want to seem good people so the punishments they gave were less than usual. The study is easy to generalise as they targeted different cultures.
5. 5The study of Cooper and Mackie was to support social learning theory.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6What was the study to support Eysenck's theory of personality?

   1. ADaniel et al
   2. BHeaven
   3. CTandoc et al
   4. DBandura
   5. EBlackwell et al
7. 7What did the heaven study measure?

   1. APsychoticism, neuroticism, extroversion
   2. BPsychoticism, neuroticism, self esteem
   3. CPsychoticism, extroversion, self esteem
8. 8What type of research method was used in the Heaven research?

   1. Afield & questionnaire
   2. Bquestionnaire & longitudinal
   3. Clongitudinal & field

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Quiz on Psychology, created by Sophie Armstrong on 28/04/2019.

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