State the problem that underlies the topic for your research proposal.
Evaluate the biological psychological concepts underlying your research proposal.
Provide an effective literature review of other studies done on the same research problem. This section may include information obtained in your Theories and Ethics paper. Incorporate instructor feedback you received from the Literature Review assessment.
Importance or Implications to Biological Psychology:
Discuss the importance or implications of this research problem to biological psychology.
Research Methods:
Discuss the research method and design chosen for your proposed study from the four identified in Chapter 4 of Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience.
Naturalistic observation.
Case study.
Survey.
Experiment.
Clarify a rationale for the research method chosen to be used in this study.
Hypothesis Verification:
State the hypothesis your study plan is designed to test and any questions that will guide your research plan.
Validity:
Describe how the validity of the research will be ensured.
Ethical Criteria:
Discuss the necessary criteria to ensure the study will be conducted safely and ethically.
Summary:
