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Page 1: General Certificate of Education - XtremePapers and A Level... · 2008. 1. 4. · AQA GCE Mark Scheme, 2006 January series Œ PYA3 tailed but generally accurate Section A Œ Social

Version 1.0: 0106

Copyright © 2006 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.

abcGeneral Certificate of Education Psychology 5181/6181 Specification A

PYA3 Social Psychology and Research Methods

Mark Scheme 2006 examination - January series

Mark schemes are prepared by the Principal Examiner and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation meeting attended by all examiners and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation meeting ensures that the mark scheme covers the candidates� responses to questions and that every examiner understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for the standardisation meeting each examiner analyses a number of candidates� scripts: alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed at the meeting and legislated for. If, after this meeting, examiners encounter unusual answers which have not been discussed at the meeting they are required to refer these to the Principal Examiner.

It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and expanded on the basis of candidates� reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark schemes on the basis of one year�s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination paper.

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PYA3

� A

QA

GC

E M

ark

Sche

me,

200

6 Ja

nuar

y se

ries

2

U

NIT

3 (

PYA

3)

SO

CIA

L P

SYC

HO

LO

GY

AN

D R

ESE

AR

CH

ME

TH

OD

S

QU

AL

ITY

OF

WR

ITT

EN

CO

MM

UN

ICA

TIO

N (Q

oWC

)

2 m

arks

Th

e w

ork

is c

hara

cter

ised

by

clea

r ex

pres

sion

of i

deas

, a g

ood

rang

e of

spec

ialis

t te

rms a

nd o

nly

few

err

ors i

n gr

amm

ar, p

unct

uatio

n an

d sp

ellin

g th

at d

etra

ct fr

om

the

clar

ity o

f the

mat

eria

l. 1

mar

k Th

e w

ork

is c

hara

cter

ised

by

reas

onab

le e

xpre

ssio

n of

idea

s, th

e us

e of

som

e sp

ecia

list t

erm

s and

err

ors o

f gra

mm

ar, p

unct

uatio

n an

d sp

ellin

g th

at d

etra

ct fr

om

the

clar

ity o

f the

mat

eria

l. 0

mar

ks

The

wor

k is

cha

ract

eris

ed b

y po

or e

xpre

ssio

n of

idea

s, lim

ited

use

of sp

ecia

list

term

s, er

rors

and

poo

r gr

amm

ar, p

unct

uatio

n an

d sp

ellin

g an

d le

gibi

lity

whi

ch

obsc

ure

the

clar

ity o

f the

mat

eria

l.

ASS

ESS

ME

NT

OB

JEC

TIV

ES

ON

E A

ND

TW

O

A

O1

Ass

essm

ent

obje

ctiv

e on

e =

know

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing

of p

sych

olog

ical

th

eorie

s, te

rmin

olog

y,

conc

epts

, st

udie

s an

d m

etho

ds

and

com

mun

icat

ion

of

know

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing

of p

sych

olog

y in

a c

lear

and

eff

ectiv

e m

anne

r. A

O2

Ass

essm

ent

obje

ctiv

e tw

o =

anal

ysis

and

eva

luat

ion

of p

sych

olog

ical

the

orie

s, co

ncep

ts, s

tudi

es a

nd m

etho

ds a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

n of

kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

psy

chol

ogy

in a

cle

ar a

nd e

ffec

tive

man

ner.

AO

3 A

sses

smen

t ob

ject

ive

thre

e =

desi

gn,

cond

uct

and

repo

rt

psyc

holo

gica

l in

vest

igat

ion

(s)

choo

sing

fro

m a

ran

ge o

f m

etho

ds,

and

taki

ng i

nto

acco

unt

the

issu

es o

f re

liabi

lity,

val

idity

and

eth

ics,

and

colle

ct a

nd d

raw

con

clus

ions

fro

m th

e da

ta.

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AQ

A G

CE

Mar

k Sc

hem

e, 2

006

Janu

ary

serie

s �

PYA3

3

Sect

ion

A �

Soc

ial P

sych

olog

y

T

otal

for

this

que

stio

n: 3

0 m

arks

1 (a

) Giv

e tw

o ex

plan

atio

ns o

f why

peo

ple

yiel

d to

maj

ority

influ

ence

.

(3 m

arks

+ 3

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

(fo

r ea

ch e

xpla

natio

n)

3 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d ex

plan

atio

n of

why

peo

ple

yiel

d to

maj

ority

influ

ence

that

de

mon

stra

tes r

elev

ant k

now

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing.

The

ex

plan

atio

n m

ay u

se a

ppro

pria

te p

sych

olog

ical

term

inol

ogy,

or

refe

r to

expl

icit

rese

arch

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, th

ey c

hang

e th

eir

beha

viou

r so

that

the

rest

of t

he g

roup

like

s the

m, t

his i

s no

rmat

ive

soci

al in

fluen

ce, b

ut th

ey m

ight

not

cha

nge

thei

r bel

iefs

on

ly th

eir b

ehav

iour

. 2

Les

s det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

less

det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

expl

anat

ion

of w

hy p

eopl

e yi

eld

to m

ajor

ity in

fluen

ce th

at

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or

exam

ple,

they

con

form

bec

ause

they

are

uns

ure

how

to b

ehav

e an

d w

ant t

o be

cor

rect

. 1

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic e

xpla

natio

n of

why

peo

ple

yiel

d to

m

ajor

ity in

fluen

ce th

at d

emon

stra

tes s

ome

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

but

lack

s det

ail a

nd m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

sim

ply

sayi

ng

that

it is

a re

sult

of N

orm

ativ

e In

fluen

ce.

Maj

ority

inf

luen

ce i

s w

hen

a pe

rson

cha

nges

the

ir be

havi

our

as a

res

ult

of r

eal

or

imag

ined

gro

up p

ress

ure.

Thi

s may

be

due

to se

vera

l rea

sons

: •

Peop

le c

onfo

rm s

o th

at t

hey

are

liked

and

bel

ong

to t

he g

roup

, ie

nor

mat

ive

influ

ence

.

• Pe

ople

con

form

bec

ause

the

y ar

e un

sure

and

wan

t to

be

corr

ect,

ie i

nfor

mat

iona

l in

fluen

ce.

• Pe

ople

may

als

o co

nfor

m b

ecau

se th

ey c

hang

e th

eir b

elie

fs, i

e in

tern

alis

atio

n.

0 Fl

awed

or

inap

prop

riat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

expl

anat

ion

whi

ch is

flaw

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

exp

lana

tion

that

fails

to d

emon

stra

te a

ny k

now

ledg

e or

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e m

ay

offe

r a re

ason

why

peo

ple

yiel

d to

min

ority

influ

ence

or t

he

reas

on is

inco

rrec

t.

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� A

QA

GC

E M

ark

Sche

me,

200

6 Ja

nuar

y se

ries

4

1 (b

) (i)

Exp

lain

one

eth

ical

issu

e th

at h

as a

risen

in so

cial

influ

ence

rese

arch

. (3

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

3 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d de

scrip

tion

of th

e et

hica

l iss

ue th

at

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s giv

en a

n ou

tline

of

dec

eptio

n, w

hich

show

s exp

licitl

y w

hy th

is is

an

impo

rtant

issu

e (f

or e

xam

ple,

it p

reve

nts f

ully

in

form

ed c

onse

nt b

eing

giv

en, m

akes

par

ticip

ants

dis

trust

ful o

f fut

ure

rese

arch

par

ticip

atio

n et

c).

2 L

ess d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a le

ss d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e de

scrip

tion

of th

e et

hica

l iss

ue th

at

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

giv

e a

less

det

aile

d ou

tline

, whi

ch

show

s som

e un

ders

tand

ing

of w

hy th

is is

an

impo

rtant

eth

ical

issu

e. L

ack

of in

form

ed c

onse

nt m

eans

pa

rtici

pant

s don

�t kn

ow w

hat t

hey

are

sayi

ng y

es to

. 1

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic d

escr

iptio

n of

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

that

dem

onst

rate

s som

e re

leva

nt

know

ledg

e bu

t lac

ks d

etai

l and

may

be

mud

dled

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

giv

e a

basi

c ou

tline

of

the

use

of d

ecep

tion

in o

bedi

ence

rese

arch

, whi

ch sh

ows l

ittle

und

erst

andi

ng o

f why

this

is a

n im

porta

nt e

thic

al is

sue.

Dec

eptio

n is

not

telli

ng p

artic

ipan

ts a

bout

the

stud

y. C

orre

ctly

iden

tifyi

ng a

n et

hica

l iss

ue w

ould

als

o re

ceiv

e on

e m

ark.

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l et

hica

l is

sues

tha

t ca

ndid

ates

may

of

fer,

but t

he m

ost l

ikel

y on

es a

re th

ose

iden

tifie

d on

th

e sp

ecifi

catio

n; e

g, d

ecep

tion,

inf

orm

ed c

onse

nt

and

the

prot

ectio

n of

par

ticip

ants

from

psy

chol

ogic

al

harm

.

How

ever

, ot

her

ethi

cal

issu

es

(suc

h as

co

nfid

entia

lity,

th

e ne

ed

for

priv

acy,

rig

ht

to

with

draw

etc

) are

als

o re

leva

nt a

s lo

ng a

s it

coul

d be

re

leva

nt to

soc

ial i

nflu

ence

(S.

I.) r

esea

rch.

Th

ere

is

no r

equi

rem

ent

to m

ake

this

lin

k to

S.I.

exp

licit

(it

wou

ld b

e ha

rd to

thin

k of

any

eth

ical

issu

es th

at h

ave

no li

nk to

S.I.

rese

arch

). M

ere

iden

tific

atio

n of

et

hica

l gu

idel

ines

eg

de

brie

fing,

w

ould

no

t co

unt

as

issu

es

with

out

iden

tific

atio

n of

the

unde

rlyin

g is

sue

they

add

ress

.

0 Fl

awed

or

inap

prop

riat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a d

escr

iptio

n w

hich

is fl

awed

or a

n in

appr

opria

te d

escr

iptio

n th

at fa

ils to

de

mon

stra

te a

ny k

now

ledg

e or

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s des

crib

ed

som

e pr

oced

ures

of a

stud

y th

at h

as b

een

cons

ider

ed u

neth

ical

.

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A G

CE

Mar

k Sc

hem

e, 2

006

Janu

ary

serie

s �

PYA3

5

1 (b

) (ii

) Out

line

how

psy

chol

ogis

ts c

ould

dea

l with

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

you

hav

e gi

ven

in (i

) abo

ve.

(3 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

3 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d ou

tline

of h

ow p

sych

olog

ists

hav

e de

alt

with

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

that

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s giv

en a

n ou

tline

of p

resu

mpt

ive

cons

ent:

it in

volv

es in

form

ing

a gr

oup

of p

artic

ipan

ts

who

are

sim

ilar t

o th

e ac

tual

par

ticip

ants

of t

he n

atur

e of

the

rese

arch

and

ask

ing

if th

ey w

ould

take

pa

rt in

the

stud

y. I

f the

y ag

ree,

than

the

psyc

holo

gist

can

ass

ume

the

real

par

ticip

ants

wou

ld a

lso

take

pa

rt.

2 L

ess d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a le

ss d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e ou

tline

of h

ow p

sych

olog

ists

hav

e de

alt

with

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

that

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

giv

e a

less

det

aile

d ou

tline

, of p

resu

mpt

ive

cons

ent t

hat s

tate

s the

psy

chol

ogis

t wou

ld a

sk o

ther

peo

ple

if th

ey w

ould

take

par

t in

the

rese

arch

and

if th

ey a

gree

, the

psy

chol

ogis

t wou

ld g

o ah

ead.

1

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic o

utlin

e of

how

psy

chol

ogis

ts h

ave

deal

t with

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

that

de

mon

stra

tes s

ome

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

but l

acks

det

ail a

nd m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

deb

rief.

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l w

ays

in w

hich

psy

chol

ogis

ts d

eal

with

eth

ical

iss

ues.

The

se c

an i

nclu

de a

tho

roug

h de

brie

fing,

pr

ior

gene

ral

cons

ent,

pres

umpt

ive

cons

ent,

the

use

of e

thic

al c

omm

ittee

s. W

hich

ever

m

etho

d a

cand

idat

e of

fers

it m

ust r

elat

e to

the

ethi

cal

issu

e of

fere

d in

(i).

0 Fl

awed

or

inap

prop

riat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

outli

ne w

hich

is fl

awed

or a

n in

appr

opria

te o

utlin

e th

at fa

ils to

de

mon

stra

te a

ny k

now

ledg

e or

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s des

crib

ed

a w

ay o

f dea

ling

with

an

issu

e th

at is

not

the

one

outli

ned

in (i

) or t

he e

xpla

natio

n is

inco

rrec

t.

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� A

QA

GC

E M

ark

Sche

me,

200

6 Ja

nuar

y se

ries

6

1 (c

) �E

xter

nal v

alid

ity is

a b

road

con

cept

and

can

incl

ude

ecol

ogic

al v

alid

ity.�

Brie

fly o

utlin

e tw

o st

udie

s of o

bedi

ence

. C

onsi

der w

heth

er su

ch st

udie

s sho

w e

xter

nal v

alid

ity.

(18

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a

AO

1 cr

iteria

is

sa

tisfie

d by

an

ou

tline

de

scrip

tion

of

two

stud

ies

of

obed

ienc

e.

This

may

rel

ate

to a

ny a

spec

ts o

f th

e st

udy

(aim

s, pr

oced

ures

, fin

ding

s an

d/or

con

clus

ions

). H

owev

er,

this

mat

eria

l sh

ould

hav

e th

e po

tent

ial t

o re

late

to e

xter

nal v

alid

ity.

AO

2 cr

iteria

co

nsis

ts

of

a co

nsid

erat

ion

of

whe

ther

su

ch

stud

ies

are

exte

rnal

ly v

alid

; ie

whe

ther

find

ings

can

be

appl

ied

to o

ther

setti

ngs.

Ther

e ar

e nu

mer

ous

appr

opria

te s

tudi

es th

at c

andi

date

s m

ight

off

er, b

ut th

ose

iden

tifie

d on

the

spec

ifica

tion

are

likel

y to

be

the

mos

t com

mon

; eg

Milg

ram

, M

eeus

& R

aaijm

aker

s. O

ne a

ppro

pria

te s

tudy

that

can

dida

tes

may

off

er is

H

oflin

g et

al.

It is

als

o po

ssib

le fo

r can

dida

tes

to c

onsi

der Z

imba

rdo�

s pr

ison

si

mul

atio

n, p

rovi

ded

they

mak

e it

clea

r tha

t it i

nvol

ved

the

pris

oner

s ob

eyin

g th

e gu

ards

. Ex

amin

ers

can

acce

pt a

bro

ad u

nder

stan

ding

of

wha

t is

mea

nt b

y th

e te

rm

exte

rnal

val

idity

: w

heth

er t

he s

tudy

can

be

gene

ralis

ed t

o ot

her

setti

ngs

(eco

logi

cal

valid

ity),

to

othe

r pe

ople

s (p

opul

atio

n va

lidity

) an

d tim

es

(his

toric

al v

alid

ity).

The

com

men

tary

com

es f

rom

a c

onsi

dera

tion

of w

heth

er s

uch

stud

ies

wer

e ex

tern

ally

val

id; i

e by

con

side

ring

whe

ther

they

can

be

gene

ralis

ed to

oth

er s

ettin

gs

(eco

logi

cal

valid

ity).

One

of

the

mai

n cr

itici

sms

face

d by

Milg

ram

was

tha

t hi

s st

udy

lack

ed e

colo

gica

l va

lidity

(O

rne

& H

olla

nd),

that

the

situ

atio

n w

as n

ot

real

istic

to th

e pa

rtici

pant

s (ex

perim

enta

l val

idity

) and

that

this

in tu

rn a

ffec

ted

thei

r be

havi

our.

One

of t

he s

treng

ths

of H

oflin

g et

al�s

stu

dy w

as th

at it

was

con

duct

ed

in t

he r

eal

wor

ld a

nd t

hus

was

hig

h in

eco

logi

cal

valid

ity.

How

ever

, the

re h

ave

been

crit

icis

ms

(Ran

k &

Jac

obso

n) o

f H

oflin

g et

al,

that

the

situ

atio

n th

e nu

rses

fin

d th

emse

lves

in

was

unr

ealis

tic a

nd u

nlik

ely

to o

ccur

in

the

real

wor

ld.

The

fin

ding

s w

ere

also

not

repl

icat

ed, u

nlik

e M

ilgra

m�s

find

ings

, whi

ch w

ere

repl

icat

ed

both

in th

e U

S an

d in

oth

er c

ount

ries.

Thu

s it

was

pos

sibl

e to

arg

ue th

at in

fac

t M

ilgra

m�s

fin

ding

s ca

n ac

tual

ly b

e cl

aim

ed t

o ha

ve e

colo

gica

l va

lidity

whe

reas

H

oflin

g et

al�s

do

not.

Sim

ilarly

, Zim

bard

o�s

pris

on s

imul

atio

n st

udy

has

not b

een

repl

icat

ed,

alth

ough

it

coul

d be

pos

sibl

e fo

r ca

ndid

ates

to

argu

e th

at H

asla

m�s

re

cent

stud

y �T

he P

rison

� is

a re

plic

atio

n of

Zim

bard

o�s s

tudy

in a

diff

eren

t set

ting,

th

us p

rovi

ding

som

e ev

iden

ce o

f ec

olog

ical

val

idity

. (A

lthou

gh th

is m

ore

rece

nt

stud

y ch

alle

nges

Zim

bard

o�s f

indi

ngs p

ossi

bly

due

to b

oth

popu

latio

n an

d hi

stor

ical

va

lidity

.) M

any

of t

he e

arly

stu

dies

use

d on

ly m

ale

parti

cipa

nts

(and

Am

eric

an

unde

rgra

duat

es a

t tha

t) th

us th

ey c

an b

e sa

id to

lack

pop

ulat

ion

valid

ity.

Can

dida

tes

who

onl

y ou

tline

one

stu

dy o

f ob

edie

nce

will

be

rest

ricte

d to

a

max

imum

of

4 m

arks

AO

1 as

it w

ill b

e pa

rtial

per

form

ance

. If

they

off

er m

ore

than

two

stud

ies,

then

all

shou

ld b

e m

arke

d an

d cr

edit

give

n to

the

best

two.

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7

1 (c

)

Mar

ks

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns

A

O1:

Out

line

of tw

o st

udie

s of o

bedi

ence

AO

2: E

valu

atio

n of

ext

erna

l val

idity

in st

udie

s of o

bedi

ence

6

Acc

urat

e an

d re

ason

ably

det

aile

d Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

accu

rate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

outli

ne o

f tw

o st

udie

s of o

bedi

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kn

owle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s ou

tline

d tw

o st

udie

s in

deta

il, su

ch a

s pro

vidi

ng a

n ac

cura

te

outli

ne o

f the

pro

cedu

res o

f bot

h st

udie

s, or

a le

ss d

etai

led

desc

riptio

n of

all

aspe

cts o

f the

stud

y.

12-1

0 In

form

ed c

omm

enta

ry

• W

ithin

the

time

cons

train

ts fo

r thi

s par

t of t

he q

uest

ion,

ther

e is

eff

ectiv

e us

e of

mat

eria

l to

addr

ess t

he q

uest

ion

and

prov

ide

an in

form

ed c

omm

enta

ry.

• Ef

fect

ive

anal

ysis

and

eva

luat

ion

of m

ater

ial.

Bro

ad ra

nge

of is

sues

and

/or e

vide

nce

in re

ason

able

dep

th, o

r a n

arro

wer

ra

nge

in g

reat

er d

epth

. •

The

stru

ctur

e is

gen

eral

ly c

lear

and

coh

eren

t. 5-

4 L

ess d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a le

ss d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e ou

tline

of t

wo

stud

ies o

f obe

dien

ce th

at d

emon

stra

tes r

elev

ant

know

ledg

e. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s out

lined

the

stud

ies

brie

fly, w

ithou

t pro

vidi

ng m

uch

deta

il.

If o

nly

one

stud

y is

out

lined

, thi

s is a

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly

deta

iled

(Max

4 m

arks

).

9-7

Rea

sona

ble

com

men

tary

Ther

e is

app

ropr

iate

sele

ctio

n of

mat

eria

l to

addr

ess t

he q

uest

ion,

but

this

is

not a

lway

s use

d ef

fect

ivel

y to

pro

duce

a re

ason

able

com

men

tary

. •

Rea

sona

ble

anal

ysis

and

eva

luat

ion

of m

ater

ial.

A ra

nge

of is

sues

and

/or e

vide

nce

in li

mite

d de

pth,

or a

nar

row

er ra

nge

in

grea

ter d

epth

.

3-2

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic o

utlin

e of

two

stud

ies o

f ob

edie

nce

that

dem

onst

rate

s som

e re

leva

nt k

now

ledg

e bu

t lac

ks

deta

il an

d m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed.

If

onl

y on

e st

udy

is o

utlin

ed, t

his i

s les

s det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly

accu

rate

.

6-4

Bas

ic c

omm

enta

ry

• Th

e se

lect

ion

and

use

of m

ater

ial p

rovi

des o

nly

a ba

sic

com

men

tary

. •

Bas

ic a

naly

sis a

nd e

valu

atio

n of

mat

eria

l.

• Su

perf

icia

l con

side

ratio

n of

a re

stric

ted

rang

e of

issu

es a

nd/o

r evi

denc

e.

1-0

Ver

y br

ief/f

law

ed o

r in

appr

opri

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ou

tline

whi

ch is

ver

y br

ief/f

law

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

out

line

that

fails

to d

emon

stra

te a

ny k

now

ledg

e or

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e m

ay

outli

ne st

udie

s tha

t do

not r

elat

e to

obe

dien

ce o

r the

des

crip

tion

is in

corr

ect.

3-0

Rud

imen

tary

/abs

ent o

r ir

rele

vant

com

men

tary

The

sele

ctio

n an

d us

e of

mat

eria

l pro

vide

s onl

y a

rudi

men

tary

com

men

tary

, or

com

men

tary

is a

bsen

t or w

holly

irre

leva

nt.

• A

naly

sis a

nd e

valu

atio

n ju

st d

isce

rnib

le o

r abs

ent.

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200

6 Ja

nuar

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8

2 (a

) G

ive

two

expl

anat

ions

of w

hy p

eopl

e yi

eld

to m

inor

ity in

fluen

ce.

(3 m

arks

+ 3

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

(For

eac

h ex

plan

atio

n)

3 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d ex

plan

atio

n of

w

hy p

eopl

e yi

eld

to m

inor

ity in

fluen

ce th

at d

emon

stra

tes r

elev

ant k

now

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

off

er a

det

aile

d an

d ac

cura

te e

xpla

natio

n of

why

peo

ple

yiel

d po

ssib

ly u

sing

psy

chol

ogic

al

term

inol

ogy.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e sn

owba

ll ef

fect

, ini

tially

a fe

w p

eopl

e yi

eld

but

grad

ually

this

influ

ence

get

s stro

nger

and

stro

nger

as m

ore

peop

le p

ay

atte

ntio

n to

the

min

ority

�s v

iew

. 2

Les

s det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

less

det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

expl

anat

ion

of

why

peo

ple

yiel

d to

min

ority

influ

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e of

fers

the

corr

ect r

easo

n to

geth

er w

ith li

mite

d bu

t acc

urat

e fu

rther

det

ail.

For

exa

mpl

e, if

the

min

ority

is

com

mitt

ed to

its v

iew

s, it

is fo

cuse

d an

d ve

ry e

nthu

sias

tic p

eopl

e m

ight

be

influ

ence

d by

it.

1 B

asic

Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a b

asic

exp

lana

tion

of w

hy p

eopl

e yi

eld

to m

inor

ity

influ

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s som

e re

leva

nt k

now

ledg

e bu

t lac

ks d

etai

l and

may

be

mud

dled

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

mer

ely

iden

tifie

s a re

ason

(eg

cons

iste

ncy)

.

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l ex

plan

atio

ns f

or w

hy p

eopl

e yi

eld

to t

he m

inor

ity:

the

snow

ball

effe

ct (

as a

few

peo

ple

mov

e to

war

ds th

e m

inor

ity s

low

ly m

ore

and

mor

e al

so f

ollo

w t

his

path

); th

e th

eory

of

soci

al i

mpa

ct (

stre

ngth

, nu

mbe

r +

stat

us,

imm

edia

cy);

the

diss

ocia

tion

mod

el

(soc

ial

cryp

toam

nesi

a).

The

lat

ter

coul

d be

pre

sent

ed a

s on

e ex

plan

atio

n or

su

bdiv

ided

into

seve

ral e

xpla

natio

ns.

Info

rmat

iona

l soc

ial i

nflu

ence

is a

lso

an e

xpla

natio

n fo

r min

ority

influ

ence

(th

ose

with

mor

e kn

owle

dge

or g

reat

er st

atus

pro

vide

info

rmat

ion)

. M

osco

vici

di

stin

guis

hed

betw

een

com

plia

nce

and

conv

ersi

on

and

sugg

este

d th

at it

is th

roug

h co

nver

sion

that

the

min

ority

can

influ

ence

the

maj

ority

. Pe

ople

are

mos

t lik

ely

to y

ield

to th

e m

inor

ity w

hen

it is

: •

cons

iste

nt (i

e co

nsis

tent

in it

s opi

nion

s)

• fle

xibl

e (ie

not

unb

endi

ng, r

igid

and

dog

mat

ic)

• co

mm

itted

(ie

focu

sed,

ent

husi

astic

and

has

inve

sted

in it

s vie

ws)

. C

andi

date

s m

ay p

rese

nt th

ese

as s

epar

ate

expl

anat

ions

(an

d pr

ovid

e de

tail

by re

ferr

ing

to re

sear

ch s

uppo

rt) o

r may

bun

dle

them

toge

ther

as

an a

spec

t of

a p

erso

n�s b

ehav

iour

.

0 Fl

awed

or

inap

prop

riat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

expl

anat

ion

whi

ch is

flaw

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

ex

plan

atio

n th

at fa

ils to

dem

onst

rate

any

kno

wle

dge

or u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e m

ay o

ffer

an

expl

anat

ion

of w

hy p

eopl

e yi

eld

to m

ajor

ity in

fluen

ce o

r the

exp

lana

tion

is in

corr

ect.

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cedu

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stud

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obe

dien

ce to

aut

horit

y.

(6 m

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) M

arki

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rite

ria

Mar

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Perf

orm

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Des

crip

tions

6 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d de

scrip

tion

of

the

aim

s and

pro

cedu

res o

f a st

udy

of o

bedi

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s re

leva

nt k

now

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

has

cove

red

aim

s and

pro

cedu

res b

ut n

ot n

eces

saril

y in

the

sam

e am

ount

of

deta

il.

5-4

Les

s det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a le

ss d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e de

scrip

tion

of th

e ai

ms a

nd p

roce

dure

s of a

stud

y of

obe

dien

ce th

at d

emon

stra

tes

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge.

If

onl

y th

e ai

ms o

r pro

cedu

res a

re o

utlin

ed, t

his i

s acc

urat

e an

d re

ason

ably

de

taile

d (M

ax 4

mar

ks).

3-2

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic d

escr

iptio

n of

the

aim

s and

pro

cedu

res o

f a

stud

y of

obe

dien

ce th

at d

emon

stra

tes s

ome

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

but

lack

s det

ail a

nd m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed.

If

onl

y th

e ai

ms o

r pro

cedu

res a

re o

utlin

ed, t

his i

s les

s det

aile

d bu

t ge

nera

lly a

ccur

ate.

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l stu

dies

that

can

dida

tes

may

sel

ect,

but i

t is

likel

y th

at th

ey

will

cho

ose

one

of M

ilgra

m�s

stu

dies

, al

thou

gh a

ny s

tudy

of

obed

ienc

e is

cr

editw

orth

y.

The

ques

tion

expl

icitl

y as

ks f

or a

ims

and

proc

edur

es, s

o no

cr

edit

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

for f

indi

ngs

or c

oncl

usio

ns.

Can

dida

tes

do n

ot n

eed

to

cove

r bot

h th

e ai

ms

and

the

proc

edur

es in

equ

al d

epth

to a

chie

ve h

igh

mar

ks,

but t

hey

do n

eed

to e

xplic

itly

cons

ider

the

aim

s. F

or e

xam

ple,

A

ims :

M

ilgra

m�s

aim

s w

ere

to s

ee w

heth

er p

eopl

e w

ould

obe

y an

unj

ust

com

man

d fr

om a

per

son

in a

pos

ition

of a

utho

rity,

whe

ther

they

wou

ld g

o so

fa

r as

to

harm

an

inno

cent

per

son.

H

e al

so w

ante

d to

inv

estig

ate

whe

ther

G

erm

an�s

wer

e di

ffer

ent.

If Z

imba

rdo�

s st

udy

is o

ffer

ed,

cand

idat

es m

ust

mak

e hi

s ai

ms

expl

icitl

y re

leva

nt to

obe

dien

ce fo

r the

pro

cedu

res t

o be

cre

ditw

orth

y.

Var

iatio

ns o

f Milg

ram

�s st

udie

s can

be

coun

ted

as o

ne st

udy.

1-0

Ver

y br

ief/f

law

ed o

r in

appr

opri

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

des

crip

tion

whi

ch is

ver

y br

ief/f

law

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

des

crip

tion

that

fails

to d

emon

stra

te a

ny k

now

ledg

e or

un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e to

pic.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e ca

ndid

ate

has d

escr

ibed

a

stud

y w

hich

was

not

con

cern

ed w

ith o

bedi

ence

or t

he d

escr

iptio

n is

in

corr

ect.

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10

2 (c

) D

iscu

ss a

t lea

st tw

o cr

itici

sms t

hat h

ave

been

mad

e of

rese

arch

into

maj

ority

influ

ence

. (1

8 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a

AO

1 cr

edit

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

for a

des

crip

tion

of tw

o or

mor

e cr

itici

sms o

f m

ajor

ity in

fluen

ce re

sear

ch.

AO

2 cr

edit

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

for t

he e

valu

atio

n of

thes

e cr

itici

sms.

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l cr

itici

sms

of m

ajor

ity i

nflu

ence

res

earc

h th

at a

can

dida

te

mig

ht o

utlin

e.

Ethi

cs/D

ecep

tion:

Fo

r ex

ampl

e, A

sch�

s w

ork

was

crit

icis

ed f

or i

ts u

se o

f de

cept

ion.

Par

ticip

ants

wer

e no

t to

ld t

hat

it w

as a

stu

dy o

f co

nfor

mity

. H

owev

er, i

t cou

ld b

e ar

gued

that

with

out d

ecep

tion

it w

ould

not

hav

e be

en

poss

ible

to c

ondu

ct s

uch

rese

arch

. A

lso,

the

parti

cipa

nts

wer

e de

brie

fed

and

did

not c

ome

to a

ny h

arm

. Ec

olog

ical

val

idity

: A

sch�

s re

sear

ch w

as c

arrie

d ou

t in

a l

abor

ator

y an

d th

eref

ore

can

be c

onsi

dere

d ar

tific

ial.

His

toric

al b

ias :

Pe

rrin

and

Spe

ncer

�s r

esea

rch

thro

ws

doub

t on

the

val

idity

of

Asc

h�s

orig

inal

find

ings

, the

y cl

aim

ed th

at it

dem

onst

rate

d a

hist

oric

al b

ias;

it w

as

�a c

hild

of

its ti

me�

. H

owev

er, w

ork

by D

oms

and

Ave

rmae

t fou

nd e

vide

nce

to

supp

ort A

sch,

thus

dis

putin

g th

e hi

stor

ical

bia

s. Po

pula

tion

bias

: A

sch

only

use

d m

ales

and

Am

eric

an m

ales

at

that

, m

akin

g ge

nera

lisat

ions

to o

ther

pop

ulat

ions

diff

icul

t. C

andi

date

s co

uld

also

con

side

r cr

oss-

cultu

ral r

esea

rch

(for

exa

mpl

e by

Sm

ith a

nd

Bon

d) in

thei

r eva

luat

ion.

C

andi

date

s ne

ed o

nly

offe

r tw

o cr

itici

sms;

if th

ese

are

desc

ribed

in d

etai

l and

use

d ef

fect

ivel

y, th

en fu

ll m

arks

cou

ld b

e aw

arde

d. E

xam

iner

s ne

ed to

be

awar

e of

the

brea

dth/

dept

h tra

de-o

ff.

Som

e de

scrip

tion

of th

e st

udie

s is

cre

ditw

orth

y as

long

as

they

illu

stra

te th

e cr

itici

sm.

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2 (c

)

Mar

ks

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns

A

O1:

Out

line

of tw

o or

mor

e cr

itici

sms o

f maj

ority

influ

ence

AO

2: E

valu

atio

n of

thes

e cr

itici

sms

6

Acc

urat

e an

d re

ason

ably

det

aile

d Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

accu

rate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

outli

ne o

f tw

o or

mor

e cr

itici

sms o

f res

earc

h in

to m

ajor

ity

influ

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s off

ered

a ra

nge

of c

ritic

ism

s (br

eadt

h) o

r tw

o bu

t in

deta

il (d

epth

).

12-1

0 In

form

ed c

omm

enta

ry

• W

ithin

the

time

cons

train

ts fo

r thi

s par

t of t

he q

uest

ion,

ther

e is

eff

ectiv

e us

e of

mat

eria

l to

addr

ess t

he q

uest

ion

and

prov

ide

an in

form

ed

com

men

tary

. •

Effe

ctiv

e an

alys

is a

nd e

valu

atio

n of

mat

eria

l.

• B

road

rang

e of

issu

es a

nd/o

r evi

denc

e in

reas

onab

le d

epth

, or a

nar

row

er

rang

e in

gre

ater

dep

th.

• Th

e st

ruct

ure

is g

ener

ally

cle

ar a

nd c

oher

ent.

5-4

Les

s det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

less

det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

outli

ne o

f tw

o or

mor

e cr

itici

sms o

f res

earc

h in

to m

ajor

ity

influ

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s rel

evan

t kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s onl

y ou

tline

d a

few

crit

icis

ms b

riefly

.

If o

nly

one

criti

cism

is o

utlin

ed, t

his i

s acc

urat

e an

d re

ason

ably

de

taile

d (M

ax 4

mar

ks).

9-7

Rea

sona

ble

com

men

tary

Ther

e is

app

ropr

iate

sele

ctio

n of

mat

eria

l to

addr

ess t

he q

uest

ion,

but

this

is

not a

lway

s use

d ef

fect

ivel

y to

pro

duce

a re

ason

able

com

men

tary

. •

Rea

sona

ble

anal

ysis

and

eva

luat

ion

of m

ater

ial.

A ra

nge

of is

sues

and

/or e

vide

nce

in li

mite

d de

pth,

or a

nar

row

er ra

nge

in

grea

ter d

epth

. •

If o

nly

criti

cism

one

is c

onsi

dere

d, th

is is

info

rmed

(Max

8 m

arks

).

3-2

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic o

utlin

e of

two

or m

ore

criti

cism

s of r

esea

rch

into

maj

ority

influ

ence

that

dem

onst

rate

s so

me

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

but l

acks

det

ail a

nd m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed.

If o

nly

one

criti

cism

is o

utlin

ed, t

his i

s les

s det

aile

d bu

t ge

nera

lly a

ccur

ate.

6-4

Bas

ic c

omm

enta

ry

• Th

e se

lect

ion

and

use

of m

ater

ial p

rovi

des o

nly

a ba

sic

com

men

tary

. •

Bas

ic a

naly

sis a

nd e

valu

atio

n of

mat

eria

l.

• Su

perf

icia

l con

side

ratio

n of

a re

stric

ted

rang

e of

issu

es a

nd/o

r evi

denc

e.

• If

onl

y on

e cr

itici

sm is

con

side

red,

this

is re

ason

able

.

1-0

Ver

y br

ief/f

law

ed o

r in

appr

opri

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ou

tline

whi

ch is

ver

y br

ief/f

law

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

out

line

that

fails

to d

emon

stra

te a

ny

know

ledg

e or

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s des

crib

ed c

ritic

ism

s rel

atin

g to

min

ority

in

fluen

ce o

r the

des

crip

tion

is in

corr

ect.

3-0

Rud

imen

tary

/abs

ent o

r ir

rele

vant

com

men

tary

The

sele

ctio

n an

d us

e of

mat

eria

l pro

vide

s onl

y a

rudi

men

tary

com

men

tary

, or

com

men

tary

is a

bsen

t or w

holly

irre

leva

nt.

• A

naly

sis a

nd e

valu

atio

n ju

st d

isce

rnib

le o

r abs

ent.

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Sect

ion

B �

Res

earc

h M

etho

ds

3

T

otal

for

this

que

stio

n: 3

0 m

arks

Ever

y Ja

nuar

y lo

ts o

f peo

ple

join

a g

ym to

get

fit,

but t

hen

stop

goi

ng a

fter a

few

mon

ths.

A te

am o

f psy

chol

ogis

ts d

ecid

ed to

inve

stig

ate

why

this

hap

pens

. Th

e ps

ycho

logi

sts

cont

acte

d se

vera

l gym

s an

d as

ked

perm

issi

on to

inte

rvie

w th

ose

peop

le w

ho jo

ined

dur

ing

Janu

ary.

Th

ey p

ut u

p po

ster

s in

eac

h of

the

gym

s ask

ing

for p

eopl

e to

take

par

t in

thei

r stu

dy.

Ever

y pe

rson

who

agr

eed

to t

ake

part

was

tol

d th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

stu

dy a

nd t

heir

full,

inf

orm

ed c

onse

nt o

btai

ned.

In

Jan

uary

, ea

ch p

artic

ipan

t w

as

inte

rvie

wed

to fi

nd o

ut w

hy th

ey jo

ined

, and

wha

t the

y ho

ped

to a

chie

ve.

Each

par

ticip

ant w

as a

lso

info

rmed

that

a p

sych

olog

ist w

ould

inte

rvie

w th

em a

gain

in a

few

mon

ths t

ime

to se

e ho

w th

ey w

ere

getti

ng o

n.

Mar

k sc

hem

e fo

r Q

uest

ion

3: w

here

the

wor

d on

e ap

pear

s in

a qu

estio

n po

sitiv

e m

arki

ng d

oes n

ot a

pply

and

onl

y th

e fir

st a

nsw

er is

cre

dite

d.

(a)

Stat

e th

e ai

m o

f thi

s stu

dy.

(2 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

2 A

ccur

ate

and

deta

iled

Stat

emen

t of t

he a

im is

bot

h ac

cura

te a

nd d

etai

led.

For

exa

mpl

e, m

entio

ning

bo

th fi

ndin

g ou

t the

reas

ons w

hy p

eopl

e jo

in in

the

first

pla

ce a

nd w

hy th

ey

leav

e a

gym

, or o

ne o

f the

se fa

ctor

s with

ela

bora

tion

(eg

why

they

join

and

the

fact

ors t

hat i

nflu

ence

this

reas

on fo

r joi

ning

). 1

Bas

ic

Stat

emen

t of t

he a

im is

bas

ic, l

acki

ng d

etai

l and

may

be

mud

dled

and

/or

flaw

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

sim

ply

stat

ing

to fi

nd w

hy th

ey jo

in.

AO

3 Th

e ai

m o

f th

is s

tudy

was

to s

ee th

e re

ason

s w

hy p

eopl

e jo

in a

gym

and

al

so th

e re

ason

s why

they

stop

goi

ng w

ithin

a fe

w m

onth

s.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t St

atem

ent o

f the

aim

is in

appr

opria

te (f

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e m

ay d

escr

ibe

the

proc

edur

e) o

r the

aim

is in

corr

ect.

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(b)

Out

line

two

adva

ntag

es o

f usi

ng in

terv

iew

s in

psyc

holo

gica

l res

earc

h.

(2 m

arks

+ 2

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns (f

or e

ach

adva

ntag

e)

2 A

ccur

ate

and

deta

iled

The

adva

ntag

e is

bot

h ac

cura

te a

nd d

etai

led.

For

exa

mpl

e,

inte

rvie

wer

s can

mak

e su

re th

at th

e pa

rtici

pant

real

ly u

nder

stan

ds

the

ques

tion

by c

larif

ying

the

ques

tion

or e

xpla

inin

g it

to th

e pa

rtici

pant

.

1 B

asic

Th

e ad

vant

age

is b

asic

, lac

king

in d

etai

l and

may

be

mud

dled

an

d/or

flaw

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

inte

rvie

ws a

re a

flex

ible

way

of

getti

ng d

ata.

AO

2 •

Allo

ws

the

inte

rvie

wer

to f

ocus

thei

r qu

estio

ns o

n th

e to

pic

that

is o

f sp

ecifi

c in

tere

st to

them

.

• In

terv

iew

s al

low

the

int

ervi

ewer

to

obta

in l

ots

of i

nfor

mat

ion

from

the

pa

rtici

pant

and

to m

ake

sure

that

they

und

erst

and

the

answ

er g

iven

.

• Pa

rtici

pant

s can

ask

que

stio

ns a

nd c

larif

y an

ythi

ng th

at th

ey d

on�t

unde

rsta

nd.

• In

uns

truct

ured

inte

rvie

ws

parti

cula

rly, a

wid

e ra

nge

of to

pics

can

be

cove

red

and

the

inte

rvie

wer

can

inv

estig

ate

issu

es t

hat

they

had

not

pre

viou

sly

cons

ider

ed.

• In

terv

iew

s ca

n co

nsid

er s

ensi

tive

issu

es t

hat

mig

ht b

e pe

rson

al a

nd w

hich

a

parti

cipa

nt m

ight

not

wis

h to

div

ulge

if m

ore

impe

rson

al m

etho

ds w

ere

used

. Th

ese

answ

ers d

o no

t nee

d to

be

cont

extu

alis

ed in

ord

er to

gai

n fu

ll m

arks

, alth

ough

se

tting

the

answ

er w

ithin

the

cont

ext o

f th

is s

tudy

is o

ne w

ay o

f el

abor

atin

g th

eir

answ

er a

nd g

aini

ng m

arks

.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Th

e ad

vant

age

is in

appr

opria

te (f

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e de

scrib

es w

hat a

n in

terv

iew

is ra

ther

than

the

adva

ntag

e) o

r the

ad

vant

age

is in

corr

ect.

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hat i

s mea

nt b

y th

e te

rm d

eman

d ch

arac

teris

tics?

(2

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns

2 A

ccur

ate

and

deta

iled

The

expl

anat

ion

of d

eman

d ch

arac

teris

tics i

s bot

h ac

cura

te a

nd

deta

iled.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

ese

are

cues

in th

e en

viro

nmen

t tha

t cau

se

a pa

rtici

pant

to a

lter t

heir

beha

viou

r in

som

e w

ay a

s the

y try

to

mak

e se

nse

of th

e si

tuat

ion

they

are

in.

1 B

asic

Th

e ex

plan

atio

n of

dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s is b

asic

, lac

king

det

ail,

and

may

be

mud

dled

and

/or f

law

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s mak

e pa

rtici

pant

s cha

nge

thei

r beh

avio

ur.

AO

1

Dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s ar

e cu

es i

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t th

at m

ight

alte

r pa

rtici

pant

s be

havi

our (

the

envi

ronm

ent c

an in

clud

e th

e in

vest

igat

or�s

beh

avio

ur).

The

y ch

ange

th

eir b

ehav

iour

and

act

acc

ordi

ng to

the

cues

they

pic

k up

. D

eman

d ch

arac

teris

tics

can

incl

ude

such

thi

ngs

as:

the

parti

cipa

nt t

ryin

g to

gue

ss w

hat

the

rese

arch

er i

s try

ing

to f

ind

out,

so t

he p

artic

ipan

t tri

es t

o be

have

in

a he

lpfu

l (o

r un

help

ful)

man

ner.

Oth

er d

eman

d ch

arac

teris

tics

may

resu

lt in

par

ticip

ants

beh

avin

g in

way

s th

at th

ey d

on�t

usua

lly b

ehav

e, fe

elin

g th

at th

ey a

re b

eing

eva

luat

ed a

nd th

en fe

elin

g st

ress

ed o

r ner

vous

. Pa

rtici

pant

s may

als

o w

ant t

o sh

ow th

emse

lves

in th

e be

st li

ght

and

show

a so

cial

des

irabi

lity

in th

eir a

nsw

ers t

o in

terv

iew

s. N

o ne

ed to

con

text

ualis

e th

e an

swer

. Ex

amin

ers

shou

ld n

ote

that

mat

eria

l can

not b

e do

uble

cre

dite

d, b

ut c

an b

e im

porte

d or

exp

orte

d be

twee

n (i)

and

(ii).

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Th

e ex

plan

atio

n is

inap

prop

riate

or i

t is i

ncor

rect

.

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) (ii

) Exp

lain

one

way

in w

hich

dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s mig

ht a

ffec

t thi

s stu

dy.

(3 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

3 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d ex

plan

atio

n of

a

way

in w

hich

dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s mig

ht a

ffec

t thi

s stu

dy th

at d

emon

stra

tes

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e ha

s ex

plai

ned

how

the

parti

cipa

nts m

ight

cha

nge

thei

r beh

avio

ur a

nd lo

cate

d it

with

in th

e co

ntex

t of t

he st

udy.

Par

ticip

ants

kno

w th

at th

e ps

ycho

logi

sts w

ill

inte

rvie

w th

em a

gain

and

this

act

s a m

otiv

ator

and

they

cha

nge

thei

r be

havi

our,

they

try

hard

and

do

not d

rop

out.

2 L

ess d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a le

ss d

etai

led

but g

ener

ally

acc

urat

e ex

plan

atio

n of

a

way

in w

hich

dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s mig

ht a

ffec

t thi

s stu

dy th

at d

emon

stra

tes

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

way

the

inte

rvie

wer

as

ks q

uest

ions

cau

ses p

artic

ipan

ts to

giv

e ce

rtain

ans

wer

s. 1

Bas

ic

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

bas

ic e

xpla

natio

n of

a w

ay in

whi

ch d

eman

d ch

arac

teris

tics m

ight

aff

ect t

his s

tudy

that

dem

onst

rate

s som

e re

leva

nt

know

ledg

e bu

t lac

ks d

etai

l and

may

be

mud

dled

.

AO

3 O

ne p

ossi

ble

way

in w

hich

dem

and

char

acte

ristic

s m

ight

aff

ect t

his

stud

y is

that

the

parti

cipa

nts k

now

wha

t the

aim

is a

nd th

at th

ey w

ill b

e

re-in

terv

iew

ed i

n a

few

mon

ths.

Thi

s m

ay c

ause

the

m t

o ch

ange

the

ir be

havi

our a

nd m

otiv

ate

them

to tr

y ha

rder

whe

n at

tend

ing

the

gym

. O

r the

w

ay in

whi

ch th

e in

terv

iew

er a

sks

the

ques

tions

(lea

ding

que

stio

ns, t

one

of

voic

e, b

ody

lang

uage

) m

ay in

fluen

ce th

e pa

rtici

pant

s w

hen

answ

erin

g th

e qu

estio

ns.

Fo

r ful

l mar

ks th

e an

swer

mus

t be

cont

extu

alis

ed.

0 Fl

awed

or

inap

prop

riat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

expl

anat

ion

whi

ch is

flaw

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

ex

plan

atio

n th

at fa

ils to

dem

onst

rate

any

kno

wle

dge

or u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

topi

c. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e de

scrib

es e

xper

imen

ter b

ias o

r the

ex

plan

atio

n is

inco

rrec

t.

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(i) Id

entif

y th

e sa

mpl

ing

met

hod

used

to se

lect

par

ticip

ants

in th

is st

udy.

Jus

tify

your

ans

wer

. (2

mar

ks)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns

2 A

ccur

ate

and

deta

iled

Iden

tific

atio

n an

d ju

stifi

catio

n of

the

met

hod

of sa

mpl

ing

is b

oth

accu

rate

and

det

aile

d. F

or e

xam

ple,

usi

ng so

me

of th

e m

ater

ial o

n th

e le

ft an

d pu

tting

it in

con

text

; put

ting

up p

oste

rs in

the

gym

s and

us

ing

thos

e pe

ople

who

vol

unte

ered

to ta

ke p

art.

1 B

asic

Id

entif

icat

ion

and

just

ifica

tion

of th

e m

etho

d of

sam

plin

g is

bas

ic,

lack

ing

deta

il, a

nd m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed a

nd/o

r fla

wed

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, it

w

as a

self-

sele

cted

sam

ple

of p

eopl

e w

ho v

olun

teer

ed.

AO

3 Th

e pa

rtici

pant

s w

ere

sele

cted

by

putti

ng u

p po

ster

s in

the

gym

s an

d us

ing

all t

hose

w

ho re

spon

ded,

they

wer

e a

volu

ntee

r or s

elf-

sele

cted

sam

ple.

The

impo

rtant

thin

g is

that

can

dida

tes

just

ify th

e m

etho

d th

ey h

ave

iden

tifie

d an

d do

not

sim

ply

iden

tify

the

sam

plin

g m

etho

d.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Id

entif

icat

ion

and

just

ifica

tion

of th

e m

etho

d of

sam

plin

g is

in

appr

opria

te (f

or e

xam

ple,

the

cand

idat

e m

ay d

escr

ibe

the

inte

rvie

w m

etho

d) o

r the

exp

lana

tion

is in

corr

ect.

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(ii) O

utlin

e on

e w

eakn

ess o

f the

sam

plin

g m

etho

d us

ed to

sele

ct p

artic

ipan

ts fo

r thi

s stu

dy.

(2 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns

2 A

ccur

ate

and

deta

iled

Wea

knes

s of

the

met

hod

of s

ampl

ing

is b

oth

accu

rate

and

det

aile

d.

For

exam

ple,

cor

rect

ly id

entif

ying

the

wea

knes

s an

d el

abor

atin

g it.

Su

ch a

s, th

e sa

mpl

e m

ight

not

be

repr

esen

tativ

e; p

eopl

e w

ho

volu

ntee

r are

not

the

sam

e as

oth

ers.

1 B

asic

W

eakn

ess o

f the

met

hod

of sa

mpl

ing

is b

asic

, lac

king

det

ail,

and

may

be

mud

dled

and

/or f

law

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

sim

ply

iden

tifyi

ng

the

wea

knes

s: it

mig

ht n

ot b

e re

pres

enta

tive.

AO

3

Wea

knes

ses

of b

oth

self-

sele

cted

sam

ples

/vol

unte

er s

ampl

es:

the

peop

le w

ho

resp

ond

may

not

be

typi

cal

of t

he t

arge

t po

pula

tion

so t

he s

ampl

e w

ill n

ot b

e re

pres

enta

tive;

vol

unte

ers

are

ofte

n m

ore

mot

ivat

ed a

nd p

erfo

rm b

ette

r th

an o

ther

pe

ople

. Fo

r ful

l mar

ks th

e an

swer

mus

t be

cont

extu

alis

ed.

If m

ore

than

one

wea

knes

s is g

iven

, onl

y th

e fir

st o

ne c

an b

e cr

edite

d.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t W

eakn

ess o

f the

met

hod

of sa

mpl

ing

is in

appr

opria

te (f

or e

xam

ple,

th

e ca

ndid

ate

may

des

crib

e a

stre

ngth

) or t

he e

xpla

natio

n is

in

corr

ect.

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Out

line

one

reas

on w

hy a

pilo

t stu

dy sh

ould

hav

e be

en c

arrie

d ou

t in

this

inve

stig

atio

n.

(3 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Perf

orm

ance

Des

crip

tions

3 A

ccur

ate

and

reas

onab

ly d

etai

led

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

n ac

cura

te a

nd re

ason

ably

det

aile

d ex

plan

atio

n of

w

hy a

pilo

t stu

dy sh

ould

be

used

, in

the

cont

ext o

f thi

s stu

dy th

at d

emon

stra

tes

rele

vant

kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

psyc

holo

gist

s wou

ld

carr

y ou

t som

e in

terv

iew

s bef

ore

hand

to m

ake

sure

that

thei

r que

stio

ns a

re

clea

r so

give

them

use

ful i

nfor

mat

ion

as w

ell a

s allo

win

g th

em to

mod

ify a

ny

ques

tions

if n

eces

sary

. 2

Les

s det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

The

cand

idat

e pr

ovid

es a

less

det

aile

d bu

t gen

eral

ly a

ccur

ate

expl

anat

ion

of

why

a p

ilot s

tudy

shou

ld b

e us

ed, i

n th

e co

ntex

t of t

his s

tudy

, tha

t de

mon

stra

tes r

elev

ant k

now

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

ing.

For

exa

mpl

e, th

e ps

ycho

logi

sts t

ry o

ut th

eir q

uest

ions

bef

ore

hand

and

mak

e ch

ange

s if t

hey

need

to.

Or t

he e

xpla

natio

n is

acc

urat

e an

d de

taile

d bu

t not

with

in th

e co

ntex

t of

the

stud

y.

1 B

asic

Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

a b

asic

exp

lana

tion

of w

hy a

pilo

t stu

dy sh

ould

hav

e be

en u

sed,

that

dem

onst

rate

s som

e re

leva

nt k

now

ledg

e bu

t lac

ks d

etai

l and

m

ay b

e m

uddl

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

they

try

out t

he q

uest

ions

bef

oreh

and.

AO

1 +

AO

3 A

pilo

t stu

dy a

llow

s th

e re

sear

cher

s to

dis

cove

r an

y po

tent

ial p

robl

ems

in

the

desi

gn b

efor

e th

e m

ain

stud

y is

car

ried

out.

For

exa

mpl

e, in

this

cas

e, it

w

ould

ena

ble

the

rese

arch

ers

to c

heck

the

cla

rity

of t

he q

uest

ions

bef

ore

they

star

t the

inte

rvie

ws.

The

y w

ould

be

able

to e

nsur

e th

at p

artic

ipan

ts a

re

will

ing

to a

nsw

er th

eir q

uest

ions

. Fo

r 3 m

arks

, the

ans

wer

mus

t be

loca

ted

with

in th

e co

ntex

t of t

he st

udy.

0 Fl

awed

or

inap

prop

riat

e Th

e ca

ndid

ate

prov

ides

an

expl

anat

ion

whi

ch is

flaw

ed o

r an

inap

prop

riate

ex

plan

atio

n th

at fa

ils to

dem

onst

rate

any

kno

wle

dge

or u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

topi

c.

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(f)

At t

he e

nd o

f 4 m

onth

s, th

e ps

ycho

logi

sts r

e-in

terv

iew

ed a

ll th

e pa

rtici

pant

s.

(i) W

rite

one

ques

tion

that

the

psyc

holo

gist

s mig

ht h

ave

aske

d th

at w

ould

gen

erat

e qu

antit

ativ

e da

ta.

Expl

ain

why

resp

onse

s to

this

que

stio

n w

ould

ge

nera

te q

uant

itativ

e da

ta.

(1 m

ark

+ 2

mar

ks)

(ii

) W

rite

one

ques

tion

that

the

psyc

holo

gist

s mig

ht h

ave

aske

d th

at w

ould

gen

erat

e qu

alita

tive

data

. Ex

plai

n w

hy re

spon

ses t

o th

is q

uest

ion

wou

ld

gene

rate

qua

litat

ive

data

. (1

mar

k +

2 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns (f

or e

ach

ques

tion)

1 A

ppro

pria

te

The

ques

tion

is a

ppro

pria

te.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Th

e qu

estio

n is

inap

prop

riate

or i

ncor

rect

.

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns (

for

the

expl

anat

ion)

2 A

ccur

ate

and

Det

aile

d Th

e ex

plan

atio

n of

why

the

ques

tion

wou

ld g

ener

ate

the

type

of

data

is b

oth

accu

rate

and

det

aile

d. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

ques

tion

wou

ld

allo

w p

artic

ipan

ts to

des

crib

e th

eir f

eelin

gs a

nd a

ttitu

des a

nd so

w

ould

be

in w

ords

(qua

litat

ive)

. 1

Bas

ic

The

expl

anat

ion

of w

hy th

e qu

estio

n w

ould

gen

erat

e th

e ty

pe o

f da

ta is

bas

ic, l

acki

ng d

etai

l, an

d m

ay b

e be

mud

dled

and

/or f

law

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

sim

ply

sayi

ng it

s num

bers

.

AO

3 C

andi

date

s co

uld

offe

r an

y qu

estio

n th

at w

ould

be

appr

opria

te f

or a

n in

terv

iew

of

this

nat

ure

and

exam

iner

s sh

ould

take

a fa

irly

tole

rant

app

roac

h he

re.

For e

ach

type

of

qu

estio

n it

is

impo

rtant

th

at

it ge

nera

tes

the

appr

opria

te

type

of

da

ta.

Qua

ntita

tive

data

isco

ncer

ned

with

the

quan

tity,

how

muc

h th

ere

is o

f so

met

hing

. Th

is d

ata

is r

epre

sent

ed in

num

eric

al f

orm

. Q

ualit

ativ

e da

ta is

con

cern

ed w

ith th

e qu

ality

of b

ehav

iour

or o

f an

expe

rienc

e. I

t is c

once

rned

with

feel

ings

and

em

otio

ns

and

is re

pres

ente

d in

wor

ds.

An

exam

ple

of a

que

stio

n ge

nera

ting

quan

titat

ive

data

wou

ld b

e:

�On

aver

age

how

man

y tim

es d

o yo

u go

to th

e gy

m e

ach

wee

k?�

It is

qua

ntita

tive

beca

use

the

answ

er w

ould

be

in th

e fo

rm o

f a n

umbe

r; ie

num

ber o

f tim

es p

er w

eek.

A

n ex

ampl

e of

a q

uest

ion

gene

ratin

g qu

alita

tive

data

wou

ld b

e:

�Wha

t ha

ve y

ou a

chie

ved

by g

oing

to

the

gym

?�

It is

qua

litat

ive

beca

use

the

answ

er w

ould

be

in t

he f

orm

of

wor

ds,

it w

ould

be

an e

xpla

natio

n of

the

pa

rtici

pant

s ow

n ex

pect

atio

ns.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Th

e ty

pe o

f que

stio

n is

inap

prop

riate

or i

s inc

orre

ct.

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QA

GC

E M

ark

Sche

me,

200

6 Ja

nuar

y se

ries

20

(g)

One

eth

ical

issu

e th

at w

as ta

ken

into

acc

ount

in th

is st

udy

was

info

rmed

con

sent

.

(i)

Ide

ntify

two

othe

r eth

ical

issu

es th

at th

e ps

ycho

logi

sts s

houl

d ha

ve ta

ken

into

acc

ount

in th

is st

udy.

(2

mar

ks)

(ii

) Fo

r eac

h of

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

s you

hav

e gi

ven

in (i

) abo

ve, o

utlin

e ho

w th

is st

udy

coul

d ha

ve b

een

carr

ied

out i

n an

eth

ical

ly a

ccep

tabl

e w

ay.

(2

mar

ks +

2 m

arks

)

Mar

king

Cri

teri

a M

arks

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns (f

or th

e et

hica

l iss

ue)

2 A

ccur

ate

Id

entif

icat

ion

of t

wo

ethi

cal

issu

es i

s ac

cura

te.

For

exa

mpl

e, r

ight

to

with

draw

, ens

urin

g co

nfid

entia

lity

of re

spon

ses.

1 Id

entif

ied

Onl

y on

e et

hica

l iss

ue is

iden

tifie

d.

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Id

entif

icat

ion

of e

thic

al is

sues

is in

appr

opria

te o

r inc

orre

ct.

Pe

rfor

man

ce D

escr

iptio

ns (

for

each

way

of d

ealin

g w

ith th

e is

sue)

2 A

ccur

ate

and

Det

aile

d Th

e w

ay o

f dea

ling

with

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

is b

oth

accu

rate

and

det

aile

d.

For e

xam

ple,

exp

lain

ing

to a

ll pa

rtici

pant

s tha

t any

thin

g th

ey sa

y du

ring

the

inte

rvie

w w

ill b

e tre

ated

in c

onfid

ence

and

all

the

info

rmat

ion

will

be

kept

secu

rely

. O

r if t

he is

sue

is ri

ght t

o w

ithdr

aw, t

ellin

g pa

rtici

pant

s th

at th

ey c

an le

ave

at a

ny ti

me

and

givi

ng th

em th

e op

portu

nity

to d

o so

at

the

first

and

seco

nd in

terv

iew

. 1

Bas

ic

The

way

of d

ealin

g w

ith th

e et

hica

l iss

ue is

bas

ic, l

acki

ng d

etai

l. F

or

exam

ple,

telli

ng e

ach

parti

cipa

nt a

t the

star

t of t

he st

udy

that

they

hav

e th

e rig

ht to

with

draw

.

AO

2 &

AO

3

Ther

e ar

e se

vera

l iss

ues t

hat c

ould

be

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt: r

ight

to w

ithdr

aw, p

rivac

y,

conf

iden

tialit

y.

Can

dida

tes

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

sho

w h

ow th

e st

udy

coul

d be

con

duct

ed to

ens

ure

it is

et

hica

l. T

hese

cou

ld in

clud

e en

surin

g th

at th

e pa

rtici

pant

s� p

rivac

y is

not

inva

ded,

in

form

ing

all

parti

cipa

nts

that

the

y ha

ve t

he r

ight

to

with

draw

fro

m t

he s

tudy

, m

akin

g su

re a

ll th

e in

form

atio

n co

llect

ed r

emai

ns c

onfid

entia

l (s

ome

of t

heir

answ

ers m

ight

con

cern

sens

itive

issu

es).

In th

is p

artic

ular

stu

dy th

e pa

rtici

pant

s ar

e no

t be

ing

dece

ived

and

thei

r in

form

ed

cons

ent

has

been

obt

aine

d, s

o th

ese

issu

es a

re n

ot c

redi

twor

thy.

N

o m

entio

n is

m

ade

in th

e st

imul

us m

ater

ial o

f th

e ag

e of

the

parti

cipa

nts

and

a ca

ndid

ate

mig

ht

just

ifiab

ly c

onsi

der

the

issu

e of

par

ticip

ants

bei

ng u

nder

age

and

ther

efor

e ne

edin

g pa

rent

al c

onse

nt.

(A c

ase

coul

d (ju

st) b

e m

ade

for t

he is

sue

of p

rote

ctio

n fr

om h

arm

, if a

s a

resu

lt of

ta

king

par

t, pa

rtici

pant

s sp

end

too

long

in th

e gy

m, t

hey

mig

ht c

ause

som

e da

mag

e to

them

selv

es!)

Th

ere

is a

fol

low

-thro

ugh

in th

is q

uest

ion,

if a

can

dida

te id

entif

ies

an is

sue

in (

i),

but t

he s

olut

ion

is n

ot a

ppro

pria

te to

that

issu

e, c

redi

t can

onl

y be

giv

en to

(i)

and

not t

o (ii

).

0 In

appr

opri

ate/

inco

rrec

t Th

e w

ay o

f dea

ling

with

the

ethi

cal i

ssue

s is i

napp

ropr

iate

or i

s in

corr

ect.

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Assessment Grid

Question Part AO1 AO2 AO3

1 (a) 6

(b) 6

(c) 6 12

Total for Question 1 18 12

2 (a) 6

(b) 6

(c) 6 12

Total for Question 2 18 12

(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 2 3

(d) 4

(e) 1 2

(f) 6

(g) 2 4

Total for Question 3 3 6 21

QoWC 2

Total for unit 39 30 21

% weighting AS 20.4 12.9

% weighting A2 10.2 6.5