Q2 IA - AP Psych FRQ

                                                                                                  Q2 IA FRQ #1

Part II- Free Response Questions
Time | 25 Minutes 

You have 25 minutes to answer the following question. It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the questions posed, using appropriate psychological terminology. 

Dr. Jones was doing a formal research study of the effect of mental imagery on memory. She randomly assigned students in the psychology course she was teaching into two groups and required them to complete the task as part of their coursework. Forty students were in each group. Each group was presented the same list of thirty word pairs (e.g., tree/book, house/street, friend/cat). Group A was told to form a mental image for each pair. Group B was not given that instruction. Each group was given two minutes to memorize the pairs of words. Dr. Jones then tested their recall of the list by giving each group the first word and asking them to remember the second word. Dr. Jones recorded the number of words recalled by each group and then debriefed the participants. The results are presented in the attached image below. 


                                                                              Group A                                     Group B
Mean # of Words Recalled                               25                                                  10
Standard Deviation                                             4                                                     6


Respond to all parts of the question.
1) Identify the independent variable presented in the study.
2) Identify the control group.
3) Explain why the type of research design being used is appropriate for this study.
4) Explain what the different standard deviations indicate about the data from the two groups.
5) Explain the ethical flaw that is explicitly presented in the scenario.
6) Explain how the primacy effect could apply to this research.
7) Explain how levels of processing are related to this research.
                                                                        

                                                                                               Q2 IA FRQ #2
Part II- Free Response Questions

Time | 25 Minutes 

You have 25 minutes to answer the following question. It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the questions posed, using appropriate psychological terminology. 

Researchers conducted a naturalistic study of children between the ages of 5 and 7 years. The researchers visited classrooms during class party celebrations. As a measure of hyperactivity, they recorded the number of times children left their seats. The researchers found a strong positive correlation between sugary snacks offered at the parties and hyperactivity. Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that sugar causes hyperactivity.
 
Part A
How might the following explain why people may easily accept the conclusion of the study described above?

8) Confirmation bias
9) Availability heuristic
10) Misunderstanding of correlational studies

Part B
As a follow-up study, the researchers are designing an experiment to test whether sugar causes hyperactivity. For the experiment, please do the following.

11) State a possible hypothesis.
12) Operationally define the dependent variable.
13) Describe how random assignment can be achieved.

Part C
Based on the results of the follow-up experiment described in Part B, researchers conclude that sugar does not cause any change in hyperactivity. 

14) Draw a correctly labeled bar graph depicting this result. Draw on the provided blank sheet of paper.