网络环境中心理学研究的特点与方法论问题

Characteristics And Methodology Of Psychological Web-research

利用互联网开展心理学研究是当代心理学研究方法上的重要自我创新之一。其优势体现为:跨越时空的界限、数据收集与处理的便捷、避免研究者效应和容易实现可重复性的验证研究等。但同时这种方法也存在信息安全风险、信息解释迟缓、研究范围有限以及缺乏系统规范网络研究标准等局限。为保证网络环境中心理学研究的内、外在效度,研究者需要在技术准备、招募被试、事先核查、防止被试中途退出或重复提交以及时限控制等方法论问题上进行深入探索。

Web research is one of significantly creative methods in modern psychology. Its advantages embody, the overcome of space-time boundary, convenience of data analysis, avoidance of researcher effect and easy to repeated test. At the same time, there are some disadvantages, such as security, lack of explanation, limited research topics and lack of research norms. For the internal and external validity, researchers need to explore some methodology problems, for example, technology preparation, recruitment of samples, examination beforeward, dropout, multiple submissions and timing.