Employing the scientific method, psychologists generally pursue one of the following goals:
My Choice is (****)
Description providing a clear understanding of behaviors observed.
Prediction anticipating the occurrence of behaviors and their magnitude.
Explanation generating theories and models that move towards a causal explanation of why behaviors happen in the manner that they do.
****Control applying knowledge to influence outcomes.
Research Methods and Design: Use these questions to create a brief description of a study you would enjoy designing if you had the time and resources.
Would you please number and label each of the six questions?
Observe and ask: What are you interested in studying?
Sports psychology in all its aspects
What does the empirical literature have to say on the topic? Briefly describe, in four sentences or more, one empirical study about your topic. (cite and reference)
Hypothesis: What is your testable hypothesis? Present operational definitions for your independent and dependent variables.
Research Design: Provide a rough look at the inner workings of your research design.
Participants: How many participants do you think you will need to establish a representative sample of your target population? (Why this number?)
Who would you like to include in your sample? (Explain.)
Procedures: Share an idea for procedures you could follow to test your hypothesis.
What is one confounding variable you should plan for?
Ethics in Action: List two principles of ethics you must keep in mind while designing this study.
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