Lesson 1.3.11
1.3.11 Demand characteristics, social desirability and researcher bias Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 1
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What term describes when participants guess the research aim and alter their behaviour?
- Hawthorne effect
- Researcher bias
- Social desirability
- Demand characteristics
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Which bias involves participants presenting themselves in a favourable light during a study?
- Investigator effect
- Confirmation bias
- Demand characteristics
- Social desirability
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What is it called when the person running the study unconsciously influences the results?
- Attrition bias
- Demand characteristics
- Researcher bias
- Participant reactivity
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John smiles encouragingly only when male participants answer correctly. What is this an example of?
- Researcher bias
- Social desirability
- Pilot testing
- Demand characteristics
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Sarah lies on a personality questionnaire to appear more cooperative. What does this demonstrate?
- Investigator effects
- Social desirability
- Order effects
- Demand characteristics
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Participants stop doing a memory task because they notice the stopwatch timing them. What is this?
- Researcher bias
- Social desirability
- Demand characteristics
- Standardisation
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Which research design feature best reduces researcher bias during data collection?
- Pilot study
- Random sampling
- Independent groups
- Double-blind procedure
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Using a standardized script for all participants primarily helps to prevent which of the following?
- Demand characteristics
- Participant attrition
- Social desirability
- Investigator effects
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What technique uses an independent third party to code qualitative data without knowing the aims?
- Peer review
- Blind coding
- Random allocation
- Debriefing
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Emma pretends to enjoy classical music in a study because she thinks the psychologist likes it. Why?
- Social desirability
- Demand characteristics
- Maturation
- Researcher bias
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Which method involves asking participants about the true aim after the experiment concludes?
- Informed consent
- Debriefing
- Randomisation
- Pilot study
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An anonymous questionnaire is most effective at reducing the impact of which issue?
- Social desirability
- Order effects
- Demand characteristics
- Researcher bias
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Which term describes participants adopting a 'screw-you' effect to deliberately ruin a study?
- Random error
- Demand characteristics
- Researcher bias
- Social desirability
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Dr Patel records only the data that supports her initial hypothesis, ignoring contradictory logs. What is this?
- Standardisation error
- Social desirability
- Demand characteristics
- Researcher bias
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What is the primary purpose of using a neutral tone of voice when reading experimental instructions?
- Maximising generalisability
- Ensuring informed consent
- Controlling extraneous variables
- Minimising investigator effects
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Tom overestimates his daily fruit intake on a dietary survey to impress the researcher. What is this?
- Placebo effect
- Investigator effects
- Social desirability
- Demand characteristics
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Which countermeasure involves giving both participants and researchers a fake treatment condition?
- Placebo control
- Single-blind
- Random sampling
- Pilot study
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Which experimental control involves neither the participant nor the researcher knowing the assigned condition?
- Single blind
- Standardisation
- Double blind
- Randomisation
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What technique involves examining data after a study to check if participants figured out the true aim?
- Pilot study
- Observation
- Peer review
- Debriefing interview
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Which type of experimental validity is most threatened when demand characteristics alter participant behaviour?
- Ecological validity
- Population validity
- Internal validity
- External validity
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