University of KwaZulu-Natal

Discipline of Psychology
Introduction to Research (PSYCH 201)
Special Exam – January 2020

Examiners: Mr Lungelo Mlangeni & Mr Aron H. Tesfai

Moderator:

Time: 3 hours

Total Marks: 100

Instructions to students:

There are THREE sections in this paper.

Answer ALL question on this paper.

Answer Section A of the MCQ sheet provided. Answer Section B and Section C on
SEPARATE answer booklets.

A table of z-scores as well as formulae are provided at the end of the paper.
 Section A (40 Marks)

Please answer all 20 questions on the MCQ form

Section B (30 Marks)

Please answer all of the questions in this section

Question 1

Briefly discuss the concept of pseudoscience. (5)

Question 2

Research can generally be characterized as basic research or applied research. Critically

discuss the two using examples. (20)

Question 3

What is internal validity? (5)

Section C (30 Marks)

Please answer all of the questions in this section

Question 1

Below is an incomplete grouped frequency table. Complete the table. (10)

 CLASS INTERVAL FREQUENCY CUMULATIVE % FREQUENCY % CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
75 + 16
66 - 74 28
50 - 65 112
31 - 49 94
0 - 30 36

Question 2

The following test scores have been randomly sampled from a population of test results:

80 82 26 38 51 71 48 88 21 46

2.1. Calculate the mean of the above test scores.

(3)

2.2. Calculate the variance of the above test scores. (7)

Question 3

3.1. It is widely known that the population IQ has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of
15. What is the probability that a randomly selected individual would have an IQ of 75 or
lower? (5)

3.2. What proportion of individuals lie between the mean and an IQ of 115? (5)
Table 1: z-table – the standard normal distribution
FORMULAE