Research methods

Question 1

John grey
“men are from mars, women are from Venus” what is the main idea of these books?

Is what he says accurate?

Answer 1

Men and women are different, and will always see the world differently. The key to happiness is accepting these differences.

But this is false.

Question 2

What is the magic bullet to lasting love?

Answer 2

There is none, it is highly variable.

There is no one thing, it is a lot of different small factors.

Question 3

What is the key in sperating accurate from inaccurate information?

Answer 3

Methodology

Question 4

What is methodology?

Answer 4

How the information is gathered and how the conclusions are made.

Question 5

How do we study intimate relationships?

Answer 5

We study psychological constructs (exist in the mind) rather than physical things

Question 6

How do we study psychological constructs?

Answer 6

we operationalize them

Question 7

What is operationilzation?

Answer 7

We take abstract constructs and make them into something that can be measured, observed, and tested.

Question 8

What does it mean when we say “Relationships are Multi-determined”

Answer 8

It means that it is determined by many different factors, and it changes based off the couple.

Question 9

What are the three aspects of couple research?

Answer 9

Measurement
study design
Sampling

Question 10

What is the most common measurement method in couples research?

Answer 10

Self reporting - asking people directly for their own description.

Can be a fixed response (1-5)

Can be open-ended
(tell me about)

Question 11

What is a omnibus approach to measuring a relationship?

Answer 11

Looks at how satisfied a person is about specific things within a relationship

Question 12

What is a global approach to measuring a relationship?

Answer 12

It asks broad questions about the general satisfaction within their relationship.

Question 13

What are the three biggest challenges in self reported measurements of relationships?

Answer 13

• Social desirability
  (we tend to present our self in a more positive light)
• Lack of insight
  (some people just don’t reflect as much about their relationships)
• Misinterpret the questions
  (people have different ideas of what sex is, leads to confusion)

Question 14

What is the most common measure in relationship science?

Answer 14

Global approach

Question 15

If someone has a extreme social desirability is their information creditable for research?

Answer 15

Nope, it is contaminated

Question 16

What is another common issue with self reporting over long time scales?

Answer 16

Memory Bias:

Memory of quality relationship vs actual recorded quality of relationship can be very different

Question 17

What are observational measures?

Answer 17

Partner reported or observer reported of interactions within a relationship.

Question 18

What are the four major challenges with Observational measures of relationships?

Answer 18

• Sentiment override in partner relationships
  (when you are happy you let things slide more)
• interrater reliability
  (how can we get the observers to see the same observations)
• Deciding what is important to code
• Couples act differently when being observed.

Question 19

What physiological measures within relationship studies?

Answer 19

Looking at physical affects of relationship
it is very objective.
- cortisol test
- fMRI

Question 20

What are the challenges with physiological measures within relationship studies

Answer 20

Physical responses can be multi-determined, ambiguous, and context dependent

Question 21

What are the four main research designs?

Answer 21

• Cross sectional research (correctional)
• Longitudinal research
• Experimental research
• Archival study

Question 22

What is the general approach to Cross sectional research?

Answer 22

Assesses several variables on a single occasion (survey)

Question 23

What are the advantages to Cross sectional research?

Answer 23

Can describe naturally occurring associations among variables

Question 24

What are the disadvantages of Cross sectional research?

Answer 24

Cannot support causal statements.

Question 25

What is the general approach to longitudinal research?

Answer 25

Assesses variables on more than one occasion

Question 26

What are the advantages of longitudinal research?

Answer 26

Can describe change over time and predict outcomes?

Question 27

What are the disadvantages of longitudinal research?

Answer 27

cannot support causal statements; attrition bias

Question 28

What is the general approach to Experimental research?

Answer 28

Evaluates the effects of an independent variables on a dependent variable in a controlled setting

Question 29

What are the advantages of experimental research?

Answer 29

Can support causal statements

Question 30

What are the disadvantages of experimental research?

Answer 30

results may not generalize outside the experimental situation

Question 31

What is the general approach to archival research?

Answer 31

reanalyzes existing data originally gathered for another purpose

Question 32

What are the pros of archival research?

Answer 32

Cost-effective and can provide historical perspective

Question 33

What are the cons of archival research?

Answer 33

conclusions are limited by the quality of the original data

Question 34

What is a sample?

Answer 34

Participants in a study whoa re thought to represent a broader population

Question 35

What is a representative sample?

Answer 35

People who represent the population to which one would like to generalize

Question 36

What is a convenience sample?

Answer 36

People who participate because they are easy for researchers to recruit

Question 37

Who are the most common convenience sample?

Answer 37

Uni students

Question 38

in relationship research what is coincided a “good” association score?

why?

Answer 38

r = 0.35

There is a lot of variability within the population.