Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

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Mind Map on Methods of Enquiry in Psychology, created by Aparna Anilraj on 24/01/2021.
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Methods of Enquiry in Psychology
  1. Psychology enquiry has the following goals:Description, prediction, explanation, and control of behaviour and application of knowledge.
    1. Scientific research
      1. Conceptualising a problem
        1. Collecting data
          1. Drawing conclusion
            1. Revising research conclusion
              1. a problem
      2. Hypothesis: a tentative statement of the relationship between variables as answers to research questions.
        1. Observational method:Effective method of describing behaviour by observing a person.
          1. a. Selection
            1. b.Recording
              1. c.Analysis of data
                1. Types:
                  1. Naturalistic -Natural real-life settings -Greater validity
                    1. Controlled -Conducted in the laboratory -Lack validity
                      1. Non-Participant -Observe at a distance --Aware of it
                        1. Participation --Observer becomes a plot of the group -Not aware
                      2. Experimental observation: Establish a cause-effect relationship between two acts of events/variables in a controlled setting.
                        1. -Cause-event being changed or manipulated
                          1. -Effect- behaviour that changes because of the manipulation.
                            1. The concept of variable: any stimulus or event which varies i.e takes on diff.values and can be measured as a variable.
                              1. Cause
                                1. Manipulated
                                  1. Measured
                                    1. Interdependant variable
                                      1. Dependant variable
                                  2. Effect
                                  3. Experimental and control groups; Group in which the members of the group are composed to independant variable manipulation.
                                    1. Controlled like organismic variable, situational or environment al and sequential.
                                      1. Experimental fatigue
                                      2. Field experiments and Quasi experiments
                                      3. Correlational research :relationship between 2 variables for prediction purpose
                                        1. Positive correlation
                                          1. Negative correlation
                                            1. Zero correlation-no correlation
                                            2. Survey research: came into existence to study opinions,attitudes and social facts.
                                              1. Diff tecniques are: personal interviews, questionaries,telephonic surveys, controlled observations
                                              2. Quantitative method:responses and analysisof the data is based on statistical calculations in the terms of scores or in scaled form.
                                                1. Qualitative method: data is interpreted in terms of narrative analysis in forms like feild notes,photographs
                                                2. Limitations of psychological enquiry:Lack of true zero point, Relative nature of psychological tools, Subjective interpretation of qualitative data
                                                  1. Ethical issues:Respect for person's privacy and choice to participate in study. Beneficience or protecting the participants in the study form any harm. Justice or sharing benefits of the research with all the participants.
                                                    1. 1.Voluntary participation 2.Informed consent 3.Debriefing 4. Sharing the results of the study 5.Confidentiality of data source
                                                    2. Case study: a technique in which one person, event or organisation is studied in depth.
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