PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: American Nazi Party, Implicit-Association Test, Northern Hemisphere
28 Mar 2014
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Steps in the research process: form a question, search the literature, form a hypothesis, create operational definition, collect and analyze data, propose or revise theory, form a question. All research starts with a question; some research questions are designed to test established theories in psychology. Literature review: account of what other researchers have examined and found on a topic and critically appraises them; attempts to reach overall conclusion. Without good literature review, there is risk for reinventing the wheel: conducting piece of research you think is original but was already done: hypothesis. Can be directly tested, and includes a specific prediction. E. g. christofides facebook study predicted that negative correlation existed between information disclosure and information control. Quasi-experimental approach samples pre-existing groups and then treats them like they are different experimental groups (e. g. finding groups of high self esteem people, etc. : create operational definition. Operational definition: describes a specific procedure or measure that you"ll use to test your hypothesis.
