1. What can you remember? Aim? Method? Design? Participants? Findings? Conclusions? Validity? Generalisability? Reliability?

3. Research Methods Unit Spec & Qs Understand the Scientific Process Be able to define; Paradigm, Induction, Deduction, Objectivity, Replicability, and Operationalisation Complete Operationalisation Activity

5. INDUCTION OR DEDUCTION?

6. Induction or Deduction? Induction Creating a theory from observed data Deduction A theory is tested to see if it is supported in research

7. THE ROLE OF PARADIGMS POPPER’S HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE MODELS Identify a problem Develop a hypothesis about the problem. This should be predictive and testable! Devise a study to test the hypothesis Analyse and evaluate the results to determine whether they support the hypothesis Modify and repeat process in light of previous stage Develop a Theory

11. Can Psychology be objective?

13. Can a science with different approaches be reliable?

14. Write a directional (one-tailed) hypothesis for all examples Identify the independent and dependent variable for each Extension: Write a non-directional (two-tailed) Does caffeine increase alertness? Does personality type influence the way in which people cross the street? Is smoking related to people’s attitude to risk? Do males and females differ in their ability to detect when someone is lying? Does age cause people’s reaction times to slow down?

15. Does caffeine increase alertness? Does personality type influence the way in which people cross the street? Is smoking related to people’s attitude to risk? Do males and females differ in their ability to detect when someone is lying? Does age cause people’s reaction times to slow down?