social prac

• What was the aim of the practical investigation?

  To measure the authoritarian personality
• How was qualitative data gathered in the investigation?

  Through open-ended questions about obedience
• What is the operationalised hypothesis regarding parents' scores on the F-scale?

  Parents will score higher due to obedience
• What was the purpose of asking yes and no questions?

  To measure obedience levels
• What was the thematic analysis focused on?

  Reasons for obedience among parents and students
• What type of questions were used to gather quantitative data?

  Closed questions about obedience
• What was one theme identified in the analysis?

  Fear of punishment by authoritarian figures
• How did students administer the questionnaire to their parents?

  They gave it to the same sex parent
• Why was matching participants by sex considered a strength?

  It reduced confounding variables
• What was one weakness of the sampling method used?

  It was an opportunity sample of students
• Why does the opportunity sample make findings difficult to generalize?

  It may not represent the wider population
• What improvements could be made to the study's design?

  • Equal number of males and females
  • Clarify difficult questions for understanding