Chapter 2 Flashcards
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List and explain the purpose and procedures in reviewing the literature
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- You have an idea for a research problem
- Before you can design a study that will contribute to psychological knowledge, you need to have a good idea of what is already known. (see below for researching)
- Skim through to get a birds eye view of what is already known
- Hone in
- Once you have identified and found most of the key articles in your field, you should begin to read them.
2
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Article reading process
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- What are the major unsolved problems?
- Read the abstract and the conclusion, if there is one, to learn the basic results.
- Skim the rest. Check the reference list for articles you may have missed.
- You will find that certain studies are the key ones in the field.
- After this initial review, you can begin to focus on the methods of these key experiments.
- What are their strengths and weaknesses?
- you will find that there are unsolved problems, theories to be tested, and conflicting results to be resolved. These may give you an idea for your own study.
3
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proposal is
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preliminary statement outlining the literature review, statement of the problem, research design, and expected results and their significance
4
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sections of a proposal
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- The introduction section of a research proposal should explain your reasons for wanting to perform the experiment.
- Why is the study important?
- The introduction should explain the relevant theories and background literature as they relate to your specific problem.
- How does the previous literature suggest that your experiment is a good idea?
- What would each of the theories predict as the answer to your hypothesis?
- The method section explains the way in which you want to test your hypothesis
- can you actually find a solution to your problem by testing the hypothesis in this particular way?
- The results section of the proposal indicates the expected results and the ways in which you intend to analyze and display them graphically.
- The discussion section of the proposal is short and indicates the significance of your expected results
5
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Guidelines for Evaluating Information from the Internet
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Authorship
author’s credentials? The Publishing Body
Point of View
Connection to the Literature
Verifiability
Currency
