Posted: December 27th, 2015

Now, design a piece of research that will examine the effectiveness of a certain psychological intervention for a certain illness or ailment

Design Your Own Experiment

Take a moment to think about a chronic (i.e. long term) health condition or illness, and think of what you know about the domain of health psychology. Now, design a piece of research that will examine the effectiveness of a certain psychological intervention for a certain illness or ailment. This treatment could be real, or even something you yourself have conceived. Think very carefully about how you will measure improvement in the illness/ ailment, and then outline each aspect of the research using the sub-headings below (Please respond in the answer book).

Research question & aims (hypotheses optional)

Methods

Study Design, Variables and statistical test:

Participants & Sampling:

Materials:

Procedure:

Forecasted Results (For maximum points include suggested but clear statistical data/results)

Forecasted Discussion (e.g. strengths, weaknesses & implications of your design)