PRACTICE QUESTIONS
ANDRADE:
1) Describe the mock telephone call the participants had to listen to
(4 marks)
2) Outline the instructions given to the participants, right before
they were made to listen to the mock telephone call (4 marks)
3) State how the monitoring performance score was calculated (1
mark)
4) State how the recall task for names was calculated (1 mark)
5) State how the recall task for places was calculated (1 mark)
6) Describe how the recall task was counterbalanced (4 marks)
7) Describe the sheets of paper given to the doodling group and
control group (4 marks)
8) Outline how the participants were recruited for the study (2
marks)
BARON COHEN:
1) Outline two problems with the original eyes test and describe
how they were overcome (4 marks)
2) Describe the two criteria the judges had to meet in order for a set
of eyes to be included in the revised eyes test (4 marks)
3) Describe the eyes test (4 marks)
4) Describe the AQ test (4 marks)
5) Outline two tests the participants had to take other than the eyes
test (2 marks)
POZZULO:
1) Outline what the female experimenters wore, and the importance
of their dressing to the study (4 marks)
2) Outline how the children participants were recruited in the study
(2 marks)
3) Describe how the foils were selected for human line-ups (4 marks)
4) Describe how the foils were selected for cartoon line-ups (4
marks)
5) Describe the video that was shown to the participants for the
male human target (4 marks)
6) Describe the video that was shown to the participants for the
female human target (4 marks)
7) Describe the video that was shown to the participants for the
female cartoon target (4 marks)
8) Describe the video that was shown to the participants for the
male cartoon target (4 marks)
9) Outline how the children participants made identifications in the
procedure (2 marks)
10) Outline how the children participants made rejections in the
procedure (2 marks)
11) Outline how the adult participants made identifications in the
procedure (2 marks)
12) Outline how the adult participants made rejections in the
procedure (2 marks)
DEMENT AND KLEITMAN:
1) Describe the part of the procedure from when the participants
arrived at the lab and were tested for dream recall (4 marks)
2) Describe the part of the procedure from when the participants
arrived at the lab and were tested for correct estimations of REM sleep
(4 marks)
3) Describe the part of the procedure from when the participants
arrived at the lab and were tested to see if eye movement patterns
match dream content (4 marks)
4) In the study by Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams), the
procedure that the researchers first used to measure participants’
estimations of REM sleep duration was unsuccessful and had to be
revised.
(a) Describe how the researchers first attempted to measure
participants’ estimations of REM sleep duration (2 marks)
(b) Describe the revised procedure used to measure participants’
estimations of REM sleep duration (2 marks)
5) Describe how the awakening of the participants PM and KC was
decided (2 marks)
6) Describe how the awakening of the participant WD was decided
(1 mark)
7) Describe how the awakening of the participant IR was decided (1
mark)
8) Describe how the awakening of the participant DN was decided (1
mark)
HASSETT:
1) State one example of a plush toy used in the study (1 mark)
2) State one example of a wheeled toy used in the study (1 mark)
3) From a total of 135 participants, 14 adult monkeys and 39 infant
monkeys were excluded from the sample of the study. Explain why
these participants were excluded (2 marks)
4) Outline how the procedure was counterbalanced (4 marks)
5) Outline how the data was recorded by the observers (4 marks)
6) Outline the description of any two behaviours from the
behavioural checklist used in the study (2 marks)
HOLZEL:
1) Describe the FFMQ (4 marks)
2) Outline how the participants were recruited for the study (2
marks)
3) Describe the procedure for the experimental group (4 marks)
4) Describe the procedure for the control group (4 marks)
