PSYB04H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-7: Convergent Validity, Clinical Psychology, Uptodate
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Research producers, research consumer producers of research information: perhaps they hope to get a job studying brain anatomy, observing the behavior of pigeons or monkeys, administering personality questionnaires, observing children in a school setting, or analyzing data. The skills you acquire by conducting research can teach you how psychological scientists ask questions and how they think about their discipline. Understanding research methods enables you to ask the appropriate questions, so you can assess information correctly. Research methods skills apply not only to research studies but also to much of the other types of information you are likely to encounter in daily life. evidence-based treatments that is, therapies that are supported by research. Teachers also use research to find out which teaching methods work. Andrew elliot and his colleagues (2007): the color red could become associated, over time, with messages of danger, caution, and avoidance.