PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Literature Review, Internal Validity, List Of Fables Characters
21 Dec 2013
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Forming a question: many studies in social psychology start with a question based on the observation of a real-world event, sometimes research questions are designed to test established theories in psychology. Realistic conflict theory the belief that actual conflict between groups of people is based on competition between them for finite resources. Good literature review identifies useful articles and other sources of information that are relevant to the topic and that critically appraises them. Without good literature review you risk reinventing the wheel. Form a hypothesis: testable prediction about the conditions under which an even t will occur, more specific than the original question you asked. A hypothesis can be directly tested and can include a specific. Create an operational definition prediction: describes the procedure or measure that you"ll use to test your hypothesis. Collect and analyze data: by observation, through surveys, from pre-existing documents, experiment, after the data are collected the next step is to analyze them.
