Chapter 2 Flashcards
PsyARTICLES
Full-text database has only 200 thousand items
PsycINFO
Not full-text database, checked by professional psychologists
Database
Sites which has many publications
Testable hypothesis
Can be observed and measured
Refutable hypothesis
Can be proven false
Basic research
Intended to solve the theoretical questions and gather knowledge
Applied research
Intended to solve practical problems
What is in introduction part ?
Hypothesis and specific predictions and literature review
What is in method section ?
Participants and the producers used in the study
What is in results section ?
Statistical analysis
What is in discussion section?
Summarise,conclusions and giving potential applications
Three ways to develop a new research idea with the existing one
Critical Reading
Suggestions in the article
Combining and contrasting the existing results.