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A wide range of research methods are used in psychology. These methods vary by the sources from which information is obtained, how that information is sampled, and the types of instruments that are used in data collection. Methods also vary by whether they collect qualitative data, quantitative data or both.
The psychology of reasoning (1923). Ritchie, Arthur David. Scientific method: an inquiry into the character and validity of natural laws (1923). Rivers, W. H. R. Medicine, magic, and religion (1921). Rohde, Erwin. Psyche: The cult of souls and the belief in immortality among the Greeks (1925). Russell, Bertrand. The analysis of matter (1927 ...
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative form of psychology research. IPA has an idiographic focus, which means that instead of producing generalization findings, it aims to offer insights into how a given person, in a given context, makes sense of a given situation.
Narrative is a powerful tool in the transfer, or sharing, of knowledge, one that is bound to cognitive issues of memory, constructed memory, and perceived memory. Jerome Bruner discusses this issue in his 1990 book, Acts of Meaning, where he considers the narrative form as a non-neutral rhetorical account that aims at "illocutionary intentions", or the desire to communicate meaning. [10]
Models of scientific inquiry have two functions: first, to provide a descriptive account of how scientific inquiry is carried out in practice, and second, to provide an explanatory account of why scientific inquiry succeeds as well as it appears to do in arriving at genuine knowledge. The philosopher Wesley C. Salmon described scientific inquiry:
Stage 1: The first reflection phase that determines topics and methods of inquiry. This phase involves primarily propositional knowing. Stage 2: The first action phase, usually within the group, that tests the agreed actions, records outcomes from the testing, and observes if the actions conform to the original ideas from Stage 1.
Psychological Methods is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1996 and covers "the development and dissemination of methods for collecting, analyzing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data". [1] The editor-in-chief is Lisa Harlow (University of Rhode Island).
In the context of inquiry, methods may be defined as systems of rules and procedures to discover regularities of nature, society, and thought. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In this sense, methodology can refer to procedures used to arrive at new knowledge or to techniques of verifying and falsifying pre-existing knowledge claims. [ 9 ]