Developmental psychology Studies

Worked examples (9)

• 1State the aims of the study (3 marks)
• 2Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 3Explain why two different instruments were needed (4 marks)
• 4Describe the findings (4 marks)
• 5Write the two-sided conclusion (4 marks)
• 6Compare the contemporary study with the classic study (5 marks)
• 7Expose the benchmark problem (5 marks)
• 8Suggest explanations for the Italian avoidance finding (4 marks)
• 9Plan an 8-mark evaluation (8 marks)

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• 1State the aims of the study (3 marks)
• 2Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 3Explain two selection criteria and why they were used (4 marks)
• 4Describe the overall findings (4 marks)
• 5Interpret the country-by-country data (4 marks)
• 6Show that intracultural variation was nearly 1.5 times cross-cultural variation (5 marks)
• 7Correct a statement about the German findings (4 marks)
• 8Explain the imposed etic problem in this study (5 marks)
• 9Plan an 8-mark evaluation (8 marks)

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• 1State the aims of the study (3 marks)
• 2Identify the variables (4 marks)
• 3Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 4Explain why this is a field experiment (3 marks)
• 5Describe the findings, including what did not change (5 marks)
• 6Explain the problem with the allocation (4 marks)
• 7Suggest and justify one improvement (4 marks)
• 8Explain why the reading result carries the most weight (4 marks)
• 9Plan an 8-mark evaluation (8 marks)

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• 1State the aims of the study (3 marks)
• 2Describe the design and sample (4 marks)
• 3Explain the four instruments and why the measure changed (4 marks)
• 4Describe the findings (5 marks)
• 5Reconstruct the continuity figures (4 marks)
• 6Explain why no causal conclusion is available (4 marks)
• 7Explain why the attrition matters (4 marks)
• 8Interpret the cognitive finding correctly (4 marks)
• 9Plan an 8-mark evaluation (8 marks)

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