Week 3 Lecture Intro to Research Methods in Psychology

Question 1

What is an advantage of a case study?

Answer 1

Focus on rare behaviour and can generate new hypothesese.

Question 2

What is a disadvantage of case studies?

Answer 2

Findings might not generalize

Question 3

What is applied research?

Answer 3

• Uses basic research to solve real-world problems
• Aims to improve quality of life

Question 4

Generally how are basic research and applied research different?

Answer 4

Basic research is focussed on explaining behaviour where is applied research is more focussed on influencing or changing behaviour

Question 5

What are the cons of survey research methods?

Answer 5

• Relies on self report
• Social desirability bias

Question 6

What is a random sampling?

Answer 6

• To obtain a representative sample
• Every member of the Population has an equal Probability of being chosen for the survey

Question 7

how can participants change the behaviour during natural observation be mitigated?

Answer 7

• Habituation
• Unobtrusive measures

Question 8

What is a drawback of descriptive behaviour?

Answer 8

Cannot determine cause-and-effect

Question 9

What is social desirability bias?

Answer 9

We respond in a socially appropriate manner rather than what we truly think or feel

Question 10

How do case studies need to be followed up?

Answer 10

Carefully controlled and ethical studies To understand her behaviour

Question 11

what is naturalistic observation?

Answer 11

The experimenter observed behaviour in the natural setting as it occurs in the real world

Question 12

what is a representative sample?

Answer 12

One that reflects the important characteristics of the populations - such as not preserving portion of people in chosen population

Question 13

What is descriptive research? What are the three types?

Answer 13

describes behaviour

• Survey research
• Naturalistic observation
• Case study

Question 14

What is habituation in the context of natural observation?

Answer 14

When the participants adapt to the presence of the experimenter

Question 15

what is a sample?

Answer 15

Subset of individuals from the larger population

Question 16

What are unobtrusive measures in the context of natural observation?

Answer 16

Record behaviour in a way that participants are unaware that their behaviour is being recorded.

Question 17

What is a vantage of natural observation?

Answer 17

Can understand authentic behaviour in the real world.

Question 18

what are the three main methods to understand behaviour?

Answer 18

1. Describing behaviours
2. Examining the relationship between behaviours
3. Examining how different variables impact behaviour

Question 19

What is basic research?

Answer 19

• Design to answer fundamental questions about the mind and behaviour
• Used to develop a scientific theory
• Aims to advance scientific knowledge rather than solve immediate problems

Question 20

what mkaes case studies different from natural observation or survey methods?

Answer 20

Allow for examination and behaviour in extreme conditions that would be deemed unethical to try and repeat and to try and/ or impossible to duplicate

Question 21

What is a case study?

Answer 21

A single analysis of a rare individual, group or event

Question 22

What is an important part of the survey research method?

Answer 22

The population

Question 23

who is referred to as the population?

Answer 23

It consists of all the individuals who the research is interested in to draw a conclusion - those who they want to make inferences about

Question 24

what is a drawback of natural observation?

Answer 24

Participants behaviour might change if they know they are being observed

Question 25

What is A benefit of survey research methods?

Answer 25

Describe behaviour in a large number of people