IPS UNIT 2 PART 1

A theory is

• A statement that seeks to find answers through an investigation

• A fact

• Organised collection of ideas that serves to described, explain or predict what a person will do, think or feel

• Any consequences of the interactions between 2 or more BTE’s

There are ____ elements of psychological theory.

• Two

• Four

• Ten

• Five

Research Designs are the same as Research Methods

• True

• False

• Maybe

In this type of Research Design,Non-numerical data is collected

• Quantitative Design

• Experimental design

• Qualitative Design

• Quasi Design

This type of research design has 4 sub-types of its own.

• Qualitative Design

• Action Research Design

• Experimental Design

• Research Method

You want to determine whether classical music improves the performance of children between the ages of 10 and 16 in a special visual-perception test. Which one of the following is the independent variable?

• The children

• The performance

• The classical music

• The age

These are the types of Research Methods

• Questionnaires and Psychometric Tests

• Interviews

• Experiments

• Diaries

Which one is the advantage of using a diary as a method of data collection?

• •Takes the world as is

• Poor completion rates

• •Ability to track the details and fast-moving developments of individuals’ day-to-day lives

• •Provide a context for a particular research project or

Provisional, assumed or tentative statement or estimate about the relationship between independent and dependent variables

Standard against which to measure the initial hypothesis

• Hypothesis

• Null/Alternative Hypothesis

• Statistics

• Research