Free Psychology Books: Research Methods In Psychology by John, J. Shaughnessy et al.

Research Methods In Psychology by John, J. Shaughnessy et al.

 

Psychologists develop theories and conduct psychological research to answer questions about behavior and mental processes; these answers can impact individuals and society.

• The scientifi c method, a means to gain knowledge, refers to the ways in which questions are asked and the logic and methods used to gain answers. 

• Two important characteristics of the scientifi c method are an empirical approach and a skeptical attitude. It seems safe to assume that you’ve been exposed to many research fi ndings in psychology, both in media presentations and in your psychology course work. If you are like the authors of your textbook, you are very curious about the mind and behavior. You like to think about people’s (and animals’) behavior. You wonder about people—why they act the way they do, how they became the people they are, and how they will continue to grow and change. And you may wonder about your own behavior and how your mind works. These thoughts and refl ections set you apart from other people—not everyone is curious about the mind, and not everyone considers the reasons for behavior. But if you are curious, if you do wonder why people and animals behave the way they do, you have already taken the fi rst step in the intriguing, exciting, and, yes, sometimes challenging journey into research methods in psychology. Many students enter the fi eld of psychology because of their interest in improving people’s lives. But what methods and interventions are helpful to people? For example, students with a career goal that involves conducting psychotherapy must learn to identify patterns of behavior that are maladaptive and to distinguish psychological interventions that are helpful from those that are not. Psychologists gain understanding and insight into the means for improving people’s lives by developing theories and conducting psychological research to answer their questions about behavior.

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