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The Research and Null Hypothesis

Psychology, Blog | October 11, 2016
An important element of your IA is stating and operationalising the IV and the DV in the null and research hypothesis. The research hypothesis is a prediction of the relationship between these variables. It is NOT a conclusion about what has already been found, but a...

Disgust and Evolutionary Psychology

Psychology, Blog | August 7, 2016
Evolutionary psychologists believe that if behaviour exists in society today, then it must be a useful adaptation that has helped us survive and reproduce, a concept known in evolutionary theory as ‘the survival of the fittest’. They also point out that despite the...

Learning about psychological research

Psychology, Blog | June 26, 2016
While philosophers ponder life’s big questions and poets play with words to convey their ideas, psychologists carry out scientific research. They have many options: observe people, ask people questions or set up conditions to see how people react. In broad terms,...

False memories – false claims made?

Psychology, Blog | June 2, 2016
As recently as 2014, Elizabeth Loftus wrote that as well as being easily created, false memories could also last a long time. However, the latest research questions whether false memories are indeed as easy to induce as psychologists like Loftus would have us...