● Pre-read the question and underline what you are looking for
● Pre read your study/document (the given source…you will get 1)
● Pre write/ Annotate the documents when you find things that match
● Remember the Acronym: SAD
○ State the part of the question you are on
○ Answer the question
○ Defend your answer
Notes:
- All participants are college students from a single Canadian
university
- Population is for all demographics
- Sample is diverse, and includes 334 undergraduate participants.
A
The research method being used is the correlational method because it
involves measuring the relationship between two or more variables. It also
does not manipulate any of these variables, which only allows for
associations to be reached. This results in causation to not be established
through the findings.
B
The operational definition of positive first impressions are quantified by the
observation of a pair of perticipants constructing a lego set: based off of
likeability, trustworthiness, and competence. For example, if a participant
demonstrated signs of untrustworthiness to their partner, and
incompetence in being able to build the lego set, they would be considered
to not have a positive first impression on the other person. A participant
who showed signs of likability and competence while building would then
leave a great positive first impression on their partner.
C
One correlation that was identified in the study is the relationship between
the ToM skills observed and the positive first impressions related to
likeability and trustworthiness. It was observed that as a participant had
more ToM skills, they then were seen as having higher likeability and
trustworthiness; therefore, making them have a better first impression.
D
One ethical guideline applied by the researchers is that they did not do any
harm to their participants. This is shown when the subjects were only
brought in and took brief tests and constructed a lego set. This allows for
