Research Methods

Question 1

How do psychologist collect data?

Answer 1

•Questionnaire ( closed questions, tick box, quantitative/open questions free to write answers, qualitative)

•Interview (structured interview:set question/unstructured:not set questions/semi structured interview: both set and not set)

•Observation (participant:covert naturalistic/ non participant observation: overt, controlled)

•Longitudinal
•Social experiment.
•Field experiments
•Case study
•Experiments

Question 2

What is a control group?

Answer 2

Is the comparison group

Question 3

What is an extraneous variable?

Answer 3

an extraneous variable is any variable that can potentially affect the outcomes of your research study.

Question 4

What is Volunteer sampling?

Answer 4

This is when researchers seek volunteers to participate in studies

Question 5

What is naturalistic observation?

Answer 5

is a method that involves observing subjects in their natural environment.

Question 6

What is opportunity sampling

Answer 6

Its a sampling that uses the knowledge and attributes of the researcher to identify a sample.

Question 7

What is time sampling?

Answer 7

is where an observer records behaviour at prescribed intervals. For example; every 10 seconds in observation.