Assignment - Experimental Design
Please provide brief answers to each of the questions below.
1. Identify a variable in psychology that interests you. Write it down and describe what it means in your own words. Provide a conceptual definition.
2. How have psychologists measured this variable? Give one specific example of how this variable has been measured in research (e.g., the name of a test or questionnaire). In other words, give one example of an operational definition for your variable.
3. Make a guess about what other variables you think your variable of interest is related to? List two or three.
4. Do you think that an investigation of this variable would likely take the form of a basic or applied research program? Explain.