research methods: reporting psychological investigations Flashcards

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What is the format for psychologist’s writing up their research?

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  • abstract
  • introduction
  • method
  • results
  • discussion
  • referencing
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What is the abstract?

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The key details of a research report and a short summary in the first section of a journal article

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What does an abstract include?

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All major elements: aims/hypotheses, method, results and conclusions and is 150-200 words in length

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What is the introduction?

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A look at past research on a similar topic and the general area of investigation

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What does the investigation include?

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Relevant theories, concepts, studies that are related to the current study, and gradually becomes more specific until the aims and hypothesis are presented

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What is the method?

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A description of what the researcher did including design, sample, apparatus, procedure and ethics

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Why should the method be detailed?

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So other researchers are able to precisely replicate the study if they wish

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What are the results?

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Summarises the data collected in the research study

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How will the results be shown?

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There will be tables of descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency and distribution) with key figures shown on graphs

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What is the discussion?

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Explains what the data analysis in the results section actually means

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What should the researcher discuss?

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The limitations of the present investigation , identifying potential extraneous variables

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What is referencing?

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An alphabetical list of the names of the research studies that were used to inform the current research

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What is the purpose of referencing?

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Provides credit for other researchers’ ideas (avoiding claims of plagiarism) and helps future researchers to identify the author’s sources and find related studies

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How do psychologists write a reference?

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Using the Harvard / APA referencing format

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Outline the format of referencing:

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  • author
  • date
  • article title
  • journal name
  • volume (issue)
  • page numbers
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