Aims & Hypothesis

Question 1

AIM

Answer 1

• tells you the purpose of the psychological study
• begins with ‘to investigate…’

Question 2

HYPOTHESIS

Answer 2

• a predictions of the relationship of two variables
• more detailed than the aim
• can be proved wrong

Question 3

TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS

Answer 3

• experimental - in an experimental study (has an IV and DV)
• alternative - in non-experimental study (case study, observation, correlation, self-report)
• directional - state the way they predict the results will go (e.g female students will attain higher grades than male students)
• non-directional - states there will be a difference but not how (e.g there will be a difference in the grades attained by female and male students)
• null - no effect (e.g there will be no difference between female and male students’ grades)