Week 1

Question 1

What is the term used to describe how the whole research process is guided by theoretical perspectives?

Answer 1

Methodology

Question 2

What is important when considering a literature search?

Answer 2

Keep a systematic record of what you find.

Search widely across journal literature collections and subject databases.

Follow up references in your set books or module materials.

Break your search down into clear concepts.

Question 3

What is important to remember when developing questions?

Answer 3

Think about the implications of your question.

Question 4

What is meant by the term obedience in DE200?

Answer 4

Social influence arising in response to a direct order.

Question 5

What is meant by the term ‘rhetorical psychology’?

Answer 5

The study of how social life consists of rhetoric, with people constantly engaged in rhetorical struggles to define the world in one way or another.