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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Lecture 2 RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY Visiting Assistant PROFESSOR YEE-SAN TEOH Department of Psychology National Taiwan University Unless noted, the course materials are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlik e 3.0 Taiwan (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Lecture 2RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Visiting Assistant PROFESSOR YEE-SAN TEOHDepartment of Psychology
National Taiwan University
Unless noted, the course materials are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Taiwan (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
ETHICS OF RESEARCH WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS
Human Participants’ Rights 1.The right to be fully informed.2.The right to give informed & voluntary consent.3.The right not to be harmed in any way.4.The right to withdraw voluntarily from research.5.The right to be informed of the results of
research.6.The right to confidentiality.7.The right to full compensation.8.The right to beneficial treatments.
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
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THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Variable Definitions
Potential Outcomes of Confounds
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The Experiment
Experimental manipulation- Deliberate alteration of the IV in order to learn
about its effects on the dependent variable.
• Experimental group- Group that experiences the experimental
manipulation.
• Control group- Group that does not experience the experimental
manipulation.
Ecological/External Validity
The degree to which a study’s participants, stimuli, and procedures adequately reflect the world as it is.
Is the sample in a study representative of the broader population?
Does a research method (e.g. questionnaire) measure real-world behavior/phenomena?
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
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THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Selecting a Sample
Who are you studying?Factors to consider: 1.Age2.Gender3.Location (country, state, city, neighborhood,
urban/rural)4.Ethnicity/race/culture, religion 5.Social class or socio-economic status6.Education
Selecting a Sample
Who are you studying?Is the sample representative of the larger
population your research question pertains to?Random sampling – randomly recruit participants Convenient sampling – recruit participants at a
convenient location or time.Focused sampling – recruit subjects in a very
specific population (e.g. a tribe in Alishan)
Using national surveys (large, demographically & geographically diverse )
Determining your study variables/measures
What are you studying? E.g. memory of event, emotion understanding, biological basis of fear
How have other researchers studied the same behavior/phenomena? E.g. tasks, observation, questionnaires, interview
Are you going to use a pre-existing measure or develop your own?
DATA COLLECTION METHODS
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THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
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