Chapter 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research
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Methods: Learn by Doing



In this chapter you learn about the research methodology employed by social psychologists. The Social Psychology Network supports several studies that you can participate in on-line. We would like you to visit the Social Psychology Network and participate in one of the many experiments there. Your task is to determine what methodology you think is being employed, and to provide evidence to justify your conclusion. Click on the “Back” button on your browser when you have completed the experiment to answer the questions below.
http://www.wesleyan.edu/spn/expts.htm


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What was the name of your study? Which methodology did it appear to employ (experimental, correlational, observational)? Justify your answer with examples from the study.


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