Science of Psychology
Elena is a psychologist interested in understanding the impact of a sense of control on stress in humans.
Science of Psychology
1. Elena is a psychologist interested in understanding the impact of a sense of control on stress in humans. She brings in students from around campus and gives them a number of choices (increasing sense of control) before exposing them to a very difficult math test. She brings in another group of students and does not give them any choices before giving them the math test. She uses the scores earned by the two groups to see if those students given choices before the test do better than the students who did not get choices.
- Maxim is working with Joaquin in a counseling situation. Joaquin is a resident of the local jail, having been found stealing pastries from a bake shop. When caught, Joaquin claimed that the devil told him to do it and that he had done far worse things in the past. Maxim visits with him and makes notes about what he learns about Joaquin each time they are together.
- Gigi is a student in the marketing department. She wants to understand more about what attracts people to certain products. She creates a document with pictures of cereal boxes and asks people to rate which box they would be most attracted to when searching for a cereal. She then gathers information about their age, income, profession, and gender.
For the above scenarios, answer the following questions for each of your three scenarios.
Which research method was used (case history, survey, naturalistic observation, psychological tests, laboratory observation, or experiment)?
Identify the information in the scenario that supports your reasoning.
What ethical guidelines would need to be followed to conduct this study?
Which basic ideas behind early approaches in psychology most closely align with this method?
Your responses to the questions above for the three scenarios must result in a combined total of at least two pages in length for the assignment, not including the title page.
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