Probation Officer Paper II: Psychology · 2 Methods in Psychology · APPSC Paper I

2.1 Methods in psychology notes

2 notes, in reading order.

  1. 2.1.1Scientific method, variables, hypotheses and sampling

    Psychological research follows the scientific method: pose a problem, state a hypothesis about how an independent variable affects a dependent variable, control extraneous variables, collect data from a sample that represents the population, and draw conclusions others can repeat.

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  2. 2.1.2Observation, survey, case study, experiment and qualitative methods

    Psychologists gather data by watching behaviour (observation), asking people (survey, questionnaire, interview), studying one case in depth (case study), manipulating a cause under control (experiment) or measuring how two things vary together (correlation), using numbers (quantitative) or meanings and words (qualitative), always within ethical rules such as informed consent and confidentiality.

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