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Research Methods of Self-concept
Blatný, Marek
In the first part of the paper, the overview of traditional methods used in self-concept research is presented, and the critical analysis of their contribution and limits is given. Further, the attempt to map the new methods and research approaches thhat were created in eighties and nineties in connection with new topics in the field of self-concept research (the complexity of self, the stability of self-concept, the dialogical-self and others) is done.
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The problem of test power in the context of quantitative research in psychology
Urbánek, Tomáš
The statistic methods are widely used in psychological research using both questionnaires and experimental methods. In the statistical data processing, the concept of statistical significance is currently used, but the inseparable problematic of test power is very rarely taken into account. The author tries to correct some mistakes connected with the use of concept of statistical significance and presents the concept of test power as the essential part of the preparation and realisation of quantitativve research in psychology.
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Why are Psychological Theories Intelligible to all People
Šikl, Radovan ; Čermák, Ivo
The authors try to prove in their paper that a great part of psychological principles is evident to the laymen public. The majority of people is able to infer it easy on the basis of their life experience. The questionnaire was presented to the heteroogeneous sample of 15 laymen. The items were formulated by the means of common, non-expert language with possibility of choice of the right answer.It was proved that the majority of them was able to identify the right answer without problems. The authors draw the conclusion from that fact that the basis of scientific psychology is made by common sense.
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The Relationship between Qualitative and Quantitative Research: A Clash of two Paradigms or a Path Toward Co-operation?
Štěpaníková, Irena ; Čermák, Ivo
The authors deal with the differences between qualitative and quantitative research, such as the meaning of qualitative research for the interpretation of findings, the differences pertaining to the relationship between a researcher and a subject, thee relationship between theory and research, different research strategies, the kinds of findings, the conceptualization of reality, etc. They find a helpful framework in the convergence of both the approaches in the form of methodological eclecticism, reppresented by triangulation, complementarity, and facilitation.
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