Chapter 2 review

What is a Descriptive Research Question?

• A question that describe something

• A question looking to describe behaviors and what causes the behaviors

• A research question that ask about presence of behavior, how frequently it is exhibited or wether there is a relationship between different behaviors

• A research question utilizes in only social psychology research

What is a theory

• An explanation of behavior that can be tested through research studies

• A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

What is a Literature Review

• Searching and reviewing previous studies related to a study being developed

• Reading lots of books and using google

• Up-to-date literature about previous psychological research

• Websites you use to find psychological articles

Select the correct order for an APA-style article*

• Results, Discussion, Method, Introduction, Abstract

• Introduction, Abstract, Method, Results, Discussion

• Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion

• Discussion, Introduction, Abstract, Method, Results

What is a causal research question?

• A statement that explains what causes specific behaviors to occur

• A research question that asks what causes specific behaviors to occur

What is the method section of your research paper?

• section of an APA-style article that describes the participants, design, stimuli, apparatus, and procedure used in the study

• section of an MLA-style article that describes the participants, design, stimuli, apparatus, and procedure used in the study

• Section where you describe the results of your study

• Section where you list any references made in your research paper

What is an example of a Social Psychology research question?*

• How does an authority figure influence behaviors?

• What are the causes of schizophrenia?

• What types of memory decline as people age?

• How does environment affect job stress?

What is an example of a clinical research question?

• What are the neurological causes of Parkinson’s disease?

• What are the neurological causes of Parkinson’s disease?

• What are the causes of schizophrenia?

• What are the neurological causes of Parkinson’s disease?

What is PsycINFO?*

• Part of a literature review

• A database used to review psychological research

• A database used to write psychological research

• A website filled with published biological research

What comes first in a Research Process?

• Choosing a research question

• Developing a hypothesis

• Conducting Study

• Designing the Study