Research in Psychology

Psychology is

• Study of the human body

• Just the study of the actions of humans

• The scientific study of behaviour and mental process

• The scientific study of animals

What is the Greek term for Psychology?

• "Study of life"

• "Study of wisdom"

• "Study of knowledge"

• "Study of the soul"

Quantitive Research

• Is something you can always control

• Uses variables and gives you measurable results

• Are results that you tell based on experiences you had no control over

• Is knowledge you gain from reading

What types of Quantitative research is there?

• none

• only experimental

• only Correlational

• Experimental, Correlational, Descriptive

Operationalization of a construct

• means to investigate a reading topic

• Is doing construction on a building

• means expressing it in terms of observable behaviour

• Is the theory of knowledge

Independent Variables are

• Never controlled

• Manipulated by the researcher

• Constantly changing

• Notes from experiments

Dependent variables are

• Never changes

• Notes you gather after reading

• Manipulated by researcher

• Expected to change as the Independent Variable changes

A Correlational study

• Has all controlled variables

• Measures relationships and no variables controlled by researcher.

• Has one controlled variable

• Can not show Cause or Effect

A Descriptive study

• Is a survey

• Is a test you run on the human brain

• Is the knowledge you retain after playing a game

• Is not an important factor in Psychology

Qualitative research

• Main focus is an in-depth study of a particular phenomenon

• Is the data you collect from an experiment

• Is controlled completely by the researcher

• Can't be expressed in numbers