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Psychological Research Methods In Relational And Abnormal Psychology

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WILLIAM WRIGHT
GRANTHAM UNIVERSITY

In this paper I will discuss the two different Psychological research methods. I will give the definitions of each method and how they apply to the world of Psychological. I will also should how researches have used each method in their studies. The first definition I will begin with will be correlation. Dicition.com states that correlation is the mutual relation of two or more things, or parts. It is also a noun. When being used in the research world correlation is finding out how two different things relate to one another by comparing the variables but yet recognizing their differences. While dealing with people with substance abuse I have used this method to try and find out the source of the problem that …show more content…

One of the thigs that stand out in the chapter for me dealing with correlation would be the behavioral perspective. Based on how I have used this method in my pass the behavioral perspective would be fitting for the situation.
By using science it was discovered there was a major flow of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi caused the oxygen to disappear from the bottom sediments. The other methods that Psychology use is call the Experimental method. The definition of experiment is to try something to gain knowledge of the results or outcome of the experiment. Some of the ways that this has been used by Psychology were mention in the lesson such as the Monster study and different studies about attachments. I believe that dealing with the Experimental study the best term from the lecture would be the third perspective which is the cognitive perspective. The reason I chose this perspective is

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