PSYC104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kurt Lewin, Applied Psychology, Critical Role
18 Jun 2018
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Questions and Literature Review
Aspects of Research Design
1. Depends on the state of knowledge in the area (more developed areas more
refined design)
2. must be rigorous (thorough and systematic)
3. Provides the structure for the research
4. Good design requires that it be:
Based on theory
Situationally appropriate
Feasible (you can implement it)
Redundant (data points can be lost)
Efficient (least demand on resources)
Critical Role of Theory in Psychological Research
Kurt Lewin 1951
Costly and inefficient method of trial and error
Theoretical and applied psychology
There is nothing so practical as a good theory
Central Aspects of a Research Question
Influencing factors include:
1. The question arises from the consideration of the focus of the research. The
phenomenon is in terms of specifying the question. (must be about identified as
the current phenomena)
2. The stage of theory development will impact the question
3. The population or sample of data will in most cases be specified in the
question or theory
Hypotheses include:
Measurable or quantitative questions
As specific as possible in order to be TESTABLE
Understanding Research Questions
1. Questions are constructed to focus information and knowledge acquisition to
provide an answer (gather information to answer a question)
2. Questions about psychological issues focus on characteristics, causes,
consequences, processes and meanings
3. Appear as statements which can be evidence of a premature judgement
4. Good questions are critical to quality research because they prevent
confusion and overload in the project
Steps in Research Generation
1. State with a general topic that will be later modified because it is too broad or
some other problem occurs. Sources include personal experience, curiosity,
an issue arising from another researcher in reading or teaching and
professional experience
2. Review the existing literature (stage of research is important)
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Document Summary
Aspects of research design: depends on the state of knowledge in the area (more developed areas more refined design, must be rigorous (thorough and systematic, provides the structure for the research, good design requires that it be: Costly and inefficient method of trial and error. There is nothing so practical as a good theory. Influencing factors include: the question arises from the consideration of the focus of the research. As specific as possible in order to be testable. Steps in research generation: state with a general topic that will be later modified because it is too broad or some other problem occurs. Levels of research generation: the specificity of a question is critical to feasibility. There are five levels of conceptualisation and refinement: Research and data (leads to further refinement) Important not to move too quickly as to not overlook possibilities.
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