Summary of Research methods in Western Psychology.

Psychology



Variable one

Brightness of background/recall of contents of a PowerPoint presentation

Non-directional hypothesis

• Brightness of background will affect contents recall
• Brightness of background will not affect recall

Directional hypothesis

• The brighter the background, the more will be recalled

Variable two

Quantity of training received / self-rated confidence before delivering an assembly

Non-directional hypothesis

• The quantity of training received will affect self rated confidence
• The quantity of training received will not affect confidence

Directional hypothesis

• The quantity of training received will increase the self-rated confidence before delivering an
assembly

Variable three

The volume of background noise/participants performance on a task

Nondirectional hypothesis

• The volume of background noise will affect performance
• There will be no effect on performance

Directional hypothesis

The more the background noise increases the performance on a task will decrease