Experimented idea

• Experimental Ideas

  Fears about experimental ideas are usually irrational, stemming from a misunderstanding of psychological experiments
• List of phobias in scientific research

  • Geniephobia (Fear of geniuses)
  • Imitatophobia (Fear of imitating)
  • Paraphernaliophobia (Fear of apparatus)
  • Parsimoniophobia (Fear of simplicity)
  • Culculatophobia (Fear of statistics)
  • Imperfectophobia (Fear of being imperfect)
• Observation

  Getting experimental ideas is simply a matter of noticing what goes on around you
• Types of observation that can be used to derive a good experimental idea

  • Public observation
  • Observing yourself
  • Observing your friends
  • Observing pets
  • Vicarious observation
• Vicarious observation


  Your idea has a link with previous researchers. It shows you are in the right track of research
• What is the best way to start?

  1. Identify an area of research that interests you

  2. Know what types of journals you should read

  3. As you read past articles, try to discover what important questions the research has left answered
• Example: reading research done by Albert Bandura, the Bobo Doll Experiment (1961)

  • Based on this classical experiment, what can you improve or add to re-do this experiment in today's situation?
• Theory


  A statement about the probable relationships among a set of abstract variables
• Functions of Theories

  • Understanding
  • Organization
  • Prediction
  • Generation of New Research
• Using theory to get ideas

  1. Observation

  2. Induction

  3. Theory

  4. Deduction

  5. Predicted observation

  6. Experimentation
• Types of Theories

  • Descriptive Theories
  • Analogical Theories
  • Quantitative Theories
• Hypothesis

  A statement about a predicted relationship between 2 or more variables
• Important features of hypothesis

  • Null – Alternate forms
  • Experimental – Non-experimental forms
  • Directional – Non-directional forms