acceptable research in psychology is conducted by experts (See expertise). Psychological research sets out to prove or disprove a hypothesis. Research is a whole experimental process that usually involves a sample, an independent variable, a dependent variable, a control group, and a group that is exposed to the independent variable. In conducting research, Thorup et. al’s study mentioned above (see knowledge) gathered a sample of five-hundred and twenty seven year-olds, 200 of them with a parent diagnosed with schizophrenia, 120 of them having a parent diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and 200 of them having parents with neither of these disorders (Thorup et. al, 4). Gathering data from surveys also qualifies as research in psychology. For example, the article titled, “Psychotic and schizotypal symptoms in nonpsychotic patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder”, features findings in a research study conducted by Stian Solem, Kristen Hagen, Christoffer Wenaas, Åshild T. Håland, Gunvor Launes, Patrick A. Vogel, Bjarne Hansen and Joseph A. Himle. In order to gather data to support those findings, the researchers had subjects fill out a “self report inventory”, a specific type of survey. Below is an example of a self report inventory survey that can be used in the psychological research process:
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