Psychology

Psychology
Linking to the scenario

EDUQAS

The below response would achieve only 1 mark, despite being quite detailed. This is becasue there are no links to the novel scenario. Use the scenario to improve the answer.

A psychologist investigated if people enjoyed a film more if they had read a positive review before watching the film. At a local cinema he selected 10 people waiting to watch a newly released film. He asked them to read a positive review of the film they were about to watch. After watching the film the psychologist asked them to report how much they enjoyed the film as a percentage rating (0% = no enjoyment to 100% = most enjoyable film they had ever seen). The next evening, the psychologist returned to the cinema and selected another 10 people who had watched the same film. He also asked them to report a percentage rating as to how much they had enjoyed the film.

(f) The psychologist sends his research to a psychology journal. The editor tells him the research will have to undergo peer review. Outline how the process of ‘peer review’ could be completed for this research.

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Once the psychologist has completed the research on film enjoyment they will attempt to have it published so that their work can be approved by other psychologists in the field. To do this the researcher submits article on the impact of positive film reviews on enjoyment to a journal. The article is then assessed by editor of journal and, if accepted, the article is sent to an anonymous reviewer (who is an expert in film enjoyment). The reviewer will submit their comments to the editor, who may reject the article, or return it to the author to make revisions. The revised article on film enjoyment is re-submitted to editor for publication.