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Gender and Culture – Questions by TopicQ1.
Briefly outline one problem associated with alpha bias in psychological research, and one
problem associated with beta bias in psychological research.
(Total 4 marks)
Q2.
A psychologist asked men aged 25 to 35 years to keep a diary record of how many miles
they walked in a week. The psychologist also asked each man to climb a flight of stairs,
then took each man’s heart rate. For each man, the number of miles walked in the week
was correlated with heart rate after climbing stairs. The findings showed a significant
negative correlation. A national newspaper reported the findings under the headline
‘Everyone should walk for a healthy heart’.
(a) Explain how the newspaper headline might be an example of beta bias.
(2)
(b) Briefly suggest one way in which psychologists might address the problem of beta
bias in their research.
(1)
(c) Explain one problem with the method used to determine the number of miles walked
in the week. Suggest an alternative measure that would overcome this problem.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)
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