Appendix C Pys/210

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Appendix B

Complete the following chart. The first column shows the name of a research method used in psychology. In the second column, write a brief description of that research method. In the third column, provide a situation when this method could be applied.

Research Method | Description | Application |

Scientific method | A method for obtainingscientific evidence in which a hypothesisis formed and tested. | In this method children can be studied to see if ones that go to day care show greater social skills children that do not go to day care |

Case study method | A method of researchbased on a carefully drawn biographyobtained through interviews, questionnaires,or psychological tests | Conducting interviews of several individuals about the reason why they chose their mates |

Survey method | Means of information gatheringby which large numbers of individualsare interviewed or asked to complete questionnairesin order to learn about their attitudesor behaviors | Surveying several individuals about the charataritcs of people with whom they have had committed relationships or married |

Naturalistic observation method | A scientific method in which organisms are observed in their environments | Observation from a distance of how lovers walk together or look at each other |

Correlation method | A scientific method that studies the relationship between variables | Psychologists might study relationships between feelings of love, self-esteem, and sexual satisfaction |

Experimental method | Experiments are conducted to establish cause-and- effect relationships between independent and dependent variables | Psychologists might expose dating partners to an experimental treatment in which they share an arousing experience, such as watching an emotionally powerful movie, and then measure the treatment’s effects on their feelings on attraction or love for each other |