Research

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Research Slides

Ch. 2 Research Methods.pptx

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Measures of Central Tendency

Survey Project:

Student examples and Topics you might find helpful

  1. Colored versus black and white printed words affects human memory.
  2. Introverts have better memory.
  3. Our memory of historical events that have happened in our lives are predominately flawed.
  4. Color increases your ability to memorize.
  5. Chewing Gum helps improve memory.
  6. People who read have a better imagination.
  7. Boys and Girls can just be friends
  8. Tattoos and piercings affect the way we see people.

9. Disney movies gives girls false ideas about relationship.

10. Online gaming affects social interactions.

11. We learn better when we do group work.

12. Teen drivers are prone to more accidents.

Psychology Survey Project
Birth Order Survey


Alabama Course of Study:

  • Describe research strategies used by psychologists to explore mental processes and behavior.
  • Describing the type of methodology and strategies used by researchers in different
  • psychological studies Examples: surveys, naturalistic observations, case studies, longitudinal studies,
  • cross-sectional studies
  • Contrasting independent, dependent, and confounding variables and control and experimental groups
    • Identifying systematic procedures necessary for conducting an experiment and improving the validity of results
    • Describing the use of statistics in evaluating research, including calculating the mean, median, and mode from a set of data; conducting a simple correlational analysis using either calculators or computer software; and explaining the meaning of statistical significance.