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How to design an experiment for an exam question?

Identify what type of 'experiment' the question is asking forIdentify key factors of an experiment:what is the aim/hypothesis of the experiment?what features need to be considered: number of Participants, Ma...
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Describe one characteristic of each of the stages from Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

Sensorimotor StageThere is a lack of object permanence; for example, if one played a game of peek-a-boo with a ten-month old baby, they would believe the person actually disappeared. Preoperational StageIn t...
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Describe a Social-Psycholgical Explanation of Autism Spectrum Disorder

When Leo Kanner first categorised ASD, he noted a lack of maternal warmth among children with ASD. from this statement, a theory was bred that ASD could be explained by a so called 'refrigerator mother', who...
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How To Outline and Evaluate One Biological Therapy for Schizophrenia (12 marks).

AO1: Ability to outline and describe enough information/theory about the topic in order to get full marks (4). This can include theories, therapies, or research. AO2: Ability to evaluate the strengths and we...
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Outline one advantage and one limitation of using labs to conduct research rather than a natural setting

An advantage of conducting lab - based research is increased internal validity. This means that the psychologist can be more sure that they are measuring what they intended to measure. For example, if somebo...
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