Think of a research question/idea related to psychology (e.g., positive emotions reduce stress) and discuss how you would test your idea using one of the research methods discussed in class. Specifically, …
• How would you conduct your study? NOTE: the design must be ethical (do NOT harm)!
• What is your main hypothesis (If …, then …, compared to ….)?
• What research method would you use (i.e., experiment, quasi-experiment, correlational, case study) and why?
• What are your variables?
• If you are conducting an experiment, what are your independent variable(s) (IVs; the causal variable you would manipulate) and dependent variable(s) (DVs; the variable you would measure and expect to change as a result of your IV manipulation)
• Provide operational definition of each variable.
• If you are conducting an experiment, explain how you would manipulate IV and
measure DV.
• If the results confirm your hypothesis, what are some practical/real-life applications they might suggest?
