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Published: 07 June 2016
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Case study
Feral children
Core study
Brain injury patients
Correlation study
Correlation between age and amount of sleep required
Correlation between mathematical ability and self esteem
Correlation between psychological distress and incidence of coronary heart disease
Correlation between length of marriage and happiness
Correlation between the amount of exercise a child does in a week and the amount of exercise undertaken by their mother
Correlation between levels of stress and levels of happiness
Correlation - Do longer beards make men more attractive?
Correlation Weight and age
Experiment
Are females better at assembling flat-pack furniture than males?
Are people less stressed when presented with a pleasant smell?
Are police officers better at identifying lies than the general public?
Attractiveness ratings of men when they wear aftershave
Bystander intervention
Do film reviews effect enjoyment?
Do internet search engines make us feel more knowledgeable?
Do people who are bilingual have a wider vocabulary than those who are monolingual?
Effect of clothing on sign-up to charity
Exam stress
Is exam stress linked to illness?
Reading with a therapy dog
Walking and mood
Does noise have an effect on memory?
Who is the better driver? A man or a woman?
Do women have more fears than men?
Is learning affeted by the time of day?
Would people stop to help if they saw someone visibly upset?
Does weather affect people's mood?
What happens to people's stress levels if they continue to live near a volcano after an eruption?
Does emotion affect memory?
How many people would return a mobile phone they found?
Can five friends complete a puzzle together faster than five strangers?
Do students who eat breakfast on the day of an exam perform better?
Does the presence of a police car cause people to slow down?
What are the effects of debt on the examination results of university students?
Do individuals who exercise in a class enjoy exercise more than those exercising alone?
Do children enjoy a book more if it has pictures?
Do patients who can choose when they see visitors recover more quickly than those who only see visitors during hospital visiting times?
Does dancing for five minutes affect your happiness rating?
Do teenagers who smoke cigarettes have fewer friends than those who don't smoke?
What is the effect of noise on stress levels?
Does drinking water during the school day have an effect on the cognitive development of students?
Do children of low self-confidence in reading, read better when reading to an animal?
Interviews
Do personality types cause difficulties in working relationships?
How successful is the prison system?
The treatment of schizophrenia
Is there a difference in the happiness levels of elderly women and men living in different situations?
Investigating the stress levels of different occupations
Does a person's age affect their selection of a potential mate?
Amount of time pensioners spent alone
Eating disorders
Time spent on social media
Observations
Do people commit more driving errors when they are listening to music?
Do prisoners in shared prison cells demonstrated more violence than prisoners in single cells?
How gender affects young children’s interactions with each other
How primary school children interact with each other at playtime
Is there a difference in the disobedience levels of males and females?
Are males more aggressive than females?
Observing which types of toys boys and girls play with
Observing people with animal phobias
Are boys or girls more likely to disobey school uniform rules?
Questionnaire
Research has shown that one of the major causes of eating disorders is how the media portrays women
Is there a difference in the sort of charities to which women and men donate money?
Research into the film choice of different personality types
Does dancing for five minutes affect your happiness rating?
Is there a difference in depression rates between married individuals and cohabiting individuals?
Study into first time mothers' experience against expectation
Research has found that negative thoughts cause depression
Does happiness increase in relation to annual income?
Older clients take longer to show a decrease in symptoms
The cause of phobias
Self report
Do individuals who have a fear of flying (aerophobes) demonstrate lower levels of anxiety if they fly in First Class?
Walking and its impact on mood
Research has found that negative thoughts cause depression
Study into first time mothers' experience against expectation
Does the amount of sleep required by an individual correspond with age?
Longitudinal study
The effects of a new type of anti-psychotic drug

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