12. What is research? Research is formalised curiosity . It is poking and prying with a purpose. - Zora Neale Hurston
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14. Psychological research is a systematic attempt to understand human experiences of themselves and the world . What is psychological research?
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16. Disciplined enquiry into human thinking, feeling, and behaviour . What is psychological research?
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18. UG study, especially 1st year, is about acquiring the language skills to access and make sense of recorded research knowledge
19. Psychological research ...holds out the promise of discovering the architecture of our psyche and understanding our behaviour in the world around us.
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23. Theory: An organised set of concepts that explains a phenomenon or set of phenomena.
24. Use theory to formulate research questions. Process of research
61. If you are a scientist you believe that it is good to find out how the world works, that it is good to find out what the realities are, that it is good to turn over to mankind at large the greatest possible power to control the world... It is not possible to be a scientist unless you believe that the knowledge of the world, and the power which this gives, is a thing which is of intrinsic value to humanity, and that you are using it to help in the spread of knowledge, and are willing to take the consequences. - J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
66. It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast - It keeps him [sic] young. - Konrad Lorenz
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69. The doctrine that all events - physical, behavioural, and mental - are “determined” by specific causal factors that are potentially knowable . Concept of determinism
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71. Theory = a specific set of assumptions and principles about a phenomenon.
73. Systematically test hypotheses in various conditions in order to determine the utility of the theory .
74. Theories, hypotheses & research observations Theories Low self-esteem feeds depression Hypothesis People with low self-esteem score higher on a depression scale Test with observations Administer tests of self-esteem and depression. See if a low score on one predicts a high score on the other.
Introduces the role and nature of research and research methods in psychological science. Image source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brain_mechanism.svg Image author: Alexander Krainov, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alex_Krainov License: Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Just as research of our physical world and its properties and laws has lead to our creation of incredibly artful and scientific structures, so too psychological research holds out the promise of discovering the architecture of our psyche and our behaviour with the world around us. Image source: Unknown.
Blue is usually the most popular 7 is usually the most popular 4 is usually male 8 is usually female This suggests that we may be more predictable than we like to think and indicates that there may be many patterns which can help to explain our thinking, feeling, and behaviouur.
The process of psychological research, generating theories and testing hypotheses.
Blue is usually the most popular 7 is usually the most popular 4 is usually male 8 is usually female This suggests that we may be more predictable than we like to think and indicates that there may be many patterns which can help to explain our thinking, feeling, and behaviouur.
Image sources: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvvermeulen/106707882/ By mauritsv - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvvermeulen/ License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 James Neill (questionnaire). Explain story of my first research study – curiousity + methodology.
Blue is usually the most popular 7 is usually the most popular 4 is usually male 8 is usually female This suggests that we may be more predictable than we like to think and indicates that there may be many patterns which can help to explain our thinking, feeling, and behaviouur.
Image soruce: A-bomb unknown
Image soruce: A-bomb unknown
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Facts are what need to be explained objective - viewable by others based on direct observation reasonable observers agree are true
People surrounded by grafitti are more likely to steal Broken window effect See: http://www.rug.nl/gmw/nieuws/archief/archief2008/persberichten/153_08?lang=en
qualitative approaches which utilise ethnography, grounded theory, content analysis of language, observation, etc. quantitative approaches which use tools (such as surveys) to collect empirical data
Strengths: Conclusions about cause & effect can be drawn - Weaknesses – artificial and ethical/practical constraints
qualitative approaches which utilise ethnography, grounded theory, content analysis of language, observation, etc. quantitative approaches which use tools (such as surveys) to collect empirical data
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If you want to know what the proportion of blue to red marbles is, the most efficient way is to take a sample and count the ratio. Image source: Mysers.