Research in Psychology Homework Please complete both Assignment A and B. For Ass
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Research in Psychology Homework
Please complete both Assignment A and B. For Assignment B, You must choose one of the six experiments and write a one page analysis answering the three questions. Please write a one page part for Part B.
Handout: Selecting the Best Method
For the following hypotheses, select which method works best for studying the issue. Explain how you would go about obtaining a sample, collecting the data, and analyzing the data for each hypothesis.
1.
Jogging will increase lung capacity.
2.
Presidents of the United States will report problems with their marriage.
3.
Men tend to arrive at social gatherings (e.g., parties, bars, etc.) in smaller groups than women.
4.
A classroom painted yellow will promote more learning than a classroom painted brown.
5.
People who have many siblings are more social than only children or those with just one sibling.
6.
Young boys tend to be more willing to hit other people on the playground than young girls.
7.
A woman who has postpartum psychosis may develop hallucinations and suicidal thoughts.
8.
People given a serotonin-enhancing medication will sleep better than those given a placebo drug.
Handout 1.9b Selecting the Best Research Method by Laura Gaudet
Nevid, J.S. and Knapp, J. (2011). Instructor’s Resource Manual for Essentials of Psychology (4th edition), p. 38. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
1.
Jogging will increase lung capacity.
2.
Presidents of the United States will report problems with their marriage.
3.
Men tend to arrive at social gatherings (e.g., parties, bars, etc.) in smaller groups than women.
4.
A classroom painted yellow will promote more learning than a classroom painted brown.
5.
People who have many siblings are more social than only children or those with just one sibling.
6.
Young boys tend to be more willing to hit other people on the playground than young girls.
7.
A woman who has postpartum psychosis may develop hallucinations and suicidal thoughts.
8.
People given a serotonin-enhancing medication will sleep better than those given a placebo drug.
Explanation / Answer
5) People who have more siblings are more social than people with only one sibling because People with more siblings learn to share everything with others whereas people with only one sibling will not move much socially with everyone because the these people always tend fight with the other for what they need.
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