psychology 201

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A Research Plan

 

Part I – Research Problem

 

Think about something in psychology that you would be interesting in studying. You can select a topic from what you’ll be studying in this course or another topic that seems intriguing to you.

 

Respond to the following in 50-75 words:

Identify your research problem and describe it. What about this topic interests you?

 

 

Part II – The Scientific Method

 

Consider the scientific method and complete the following table explaining each step of the scientific method in your own words. Please use complete sentences to write 25-50 words describing each step.

 

Step

Description

Formulate a testable hypothesis

 

Select the research method and design the study

 

Collect the data

 

Analyze the data and draw conclusions

 

 

Answer the following questions in about 75-100 words each:

 

How would you use the scientific method in examining your research problem? Be sure to go over each step of the scientific method in your response.

 

 

Which research methodology would you use to examine your research problem? Why? How is this research methodology different from the other methodologies in psychology? The research methods are covered in section 2.2 of our Chapter 2 reading in Learn Psychology (Carter & Seifert, 2013) and include the descriptive methods: Naturalistic observation, case study, survey, and correlation method, as well as the experimental method.

 

 

 

References

 

Revised from Ch. 2 of

 

Carter, K & Seifert, C. M. (2013) Learn psychology. Burlington, 

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