1) Barry and Anouk are deciding how to test whether gender affects artistic ability. Barry suggests doing a study in the psychology department where they ask students to come in for a study about memory in which they must redraw a complicated image. Barry and Anouk can then see how well they do it. Anouk thinks it would be better to persuade the art teacher to use an art class and set a lesson where students have to copy the same complicated image.
a) Explain the type of experiment that is being suggested: [2] i) by Barry
ii) by Anouk
b) The independent variable is the same in Barry and Anouk's studies, as is the dependant variable. [2]
i) Describe the independent variable (IV). ii) Describe the dependent variable (DV).
c) Explain one ethical issue that is clear from the procedure they have suggested. [2]
d) Suggest one other ethical issue and how they could avoid problems with this issue. [2]
Case Study 2:
2) Shareen and Judith are investigating people's phobias. They have decided to use self reports. Shareen is suggesting using a questionnaire