Lee et al Evaluation
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- Q1Why can Lee et al be seen as a quasi-experimentBecause ethnicity and age was classed as one of the IV'sBecause all of the IV's could not be manipulated by the researchersBecause it was carried out in a natural environment30s
- Q2One strength of carrying out cross-cultural research in Lee et al isIt makes research more ethnocentric into lyingIt helps to increase reliability as the same measures is repeated with lots of people from different culturesIt can increase the representativeness of the sample and identify whether lying behaviours are seen in all people, or just seen in specific cultures30s
- Q3One weakness of carrying out cross-cultural research in Lee et al isThe research is unable to determine cause and effect between culture and moralsThe research lacks generalisability on the effect of culture and moralsThe researcher may assume that the materials and tasks are understood and interpreted in the same way by all cultures when they may not be30s
- Q4What is ethnocentric bias?Being racistA tendency to perceive and interpret the world from your own cultural group, such as your ethnic group, national group and so onStudying lots of different cultures30s
- Q5Lee et al also used cross-sectional research. A strength of this isIt increases the validity of the development of moralsIt enables collection of quantitative data on the development of moralsIt enables development of morals to be assessed in a short amount of time30s
- Q6A strength of Lee et al collecting both quantitative data from the rating scales and qualitative data by interviewing children's reasons for their answer was that they were able to draw valid conclusions on a difference between cultures morals and the reasons whyTrueFalse30s
- Q7In Lee et al's paper he explicitly thanks the participating children, parents and their schools for their cooperation and support. What ethic has been put in place here?Right to withdrawInformed consentDebriefAvoiding harm30s
- Q8Children may have felt uncomfortable being interviewed alone with a strange adult in the Lee et al studyFalseTrue30s
- Q9In Lee et al each child experienced four social or four physical stories. This helps to make the study more reliable than if it was just one story as it meant that the data collected from each of the four stories reflected a consistent viewpoint across the different scenarios.TrueFalse30s
- Q10What was a strength of the sample in Lee et al?The sample was large and therefore increased the reliability of the procedureIt was large, covered a range of ages, cultures and genders and therefore is more generalisableThe sample were all from rural areas and therefore findings can be generalised to rural areas30s
- Q11Lee et al avoids the weaknesses of ethnocentrism completelyFalseTrue30s
- Q12How did Lee et al try to reduce ethnocentric bias when developing his rating scaleHe used symbols and numbersHe used symbols and words30s
- Q13How did Lee et al's task lack ecological validity?Judging a character behaviour in the form of a story is quite different to forming moral judgments in real lifeThe study was carried out in schoolsThe stories about behaviour were made up30s
- Q14Lee et al often randomly allocated his conditions. Why did he do this?To increase reliabilityTo reduce the chance of researcher bias30s
- Q15Lee et al was considered reliable. Select the standardised procedure that is a lie.The same teacher was used to read out the stories to each childThe stories provided were the same for each childThe seven point rating scale was used for every childThe instructions and questions were standardised for each child30s