PSYCH 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Institutional Review Board, Meta-Analysis, Observer-Expectancy Effect
3 Nov 2016
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Basic research: research designed to increase knowledge about social behavior. Applied research: research designed to increase the understanding of and solutions to real world problems by using current social psychological knowledge. Steps in the process of social psychological research: Step 1: select a topic and review past research. Step 2: develop a theory and generate some hypotheses. more events are related economy fertility. An organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or. Predictive accuracy (can it reliably predict behavior. Internal coherence (are there any logical inconsistencies between any of the theoretical ideas) Economy (does it only contain what is necessary to explain the phenomenon in question), Fertility (does it generate research and can it be used to explain a wide variety of social behavior) Hypothesis: an educated guess or prediction about the nature of things based upon a theory. Step 3: obtain approval to conduct your study (ethics)
