Applying the Scientific Method to Psychological Research

Applying the Scientific Method to Psychological Research

In this chapter, you learned about the different ways psychologists collect data- including surveys, archival research, naturalistic observation, and experiments. Now that you know how the scientific method works and how research is conducted in psychology, I want you to apply that knowledge to designing your own research study.

Below, are a few statements you might hear in the media often:

1. The more intrinsically motivated you are, the better grades you have.
2. Extrinsic motivation is associated with better test performance
3. People who can read facial expressions make more money than people who cannot.
4. Please pick one of the statements above and think about how you could design a research study assessing the claim. In your response, please answer the following questions:
5. 1. What statement did you choose?
   2. How will you assess this claim (survey, experiment, naturalistic observation, etc). Please explain in 2-3 sentences why you chose this method of data collection.
   3. What are your variables of interest (hint: there are 2)?
   4. Discuss your population of interest (hint: who would you recruit to be in your study sample)?
   5. Discuss how you would conduct your study. So, what would you actually have participants DO?
   6. What are some potential ethical issues with your study?

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