Developing Research Skills: Experimental Methodology

ContentsPrefaceTopic 1: Scientific Observation 1Laboratory Exercise 1: Relationship Between Learning Styles and Grade PointAverage 2Laboratory Exercise 2: Recall of Dreams 11Laboratory Exercise 3: Content Analysis of Dreams 12Topic 2: Problem Identification and Hypothesis Testing 17Laboratory Exercise 1: Searching the Literature 27Laboratory Exercise 2: Identifying Research Problems and Hypotheses 28Laboratory Exercise 3: Evaluating Psychologically-Oriented Internet Web Site 29Topic 3: Operations Definitions 31Laboratory Exercise 1: Defining the Concept of Anxiety 31Laboratory Exercise 2: Operationally Defining the Concept of Anxiety 33Laboratory Exercise 3: Self-Report Questionnaires Assessing Anxiety 35Laboratory Exercise 4: Practice in Defining Concepts Operationally 41Topic 4: Naturalistic Observation 43Laboratory Exercise 1: Analyzing a Naturalistic Observation 43Laboratory Exercise 2: Developing your Observational Skills 45Laboratory Exercise 3: Observing Dyadic Conversation Distances 46Laboratory Exercise 4: Book Carrying Behavior 49Laboratory Exercise 5: Observing Driver Behavior 51Topic 5: Archival Research55Laboratory Exercise 1: Violence in Television Programs 55Laboratory Exercise 2: Graffiti 59Topic 6: Surveys 61Laboratory Exercise 1: Evaluating Surveys 61Laboratory Exercise 2: Internet Survey Research [read more]