Posted: May 26th, 2017

Suppose you were a Psychologist and decided to study the emotion of jealousy. What are some possible ways that you might “operationalize” (Moghaddam p19) the concept of jealousy?

Suppose you were a Psychologist and decided to study the emotion of jealousy.

1. What are some possible ways that you might “operationalize” (Moghaddam p19) the concept of jealousy?
2. If you chose to do an experiment on jealousy, what are some independent and dependent variables that you might use in your study?
3. Can you think of any factors that would have to be controlled?
4. Do you think that a laboratory experiment would actually be the best method (from among those proposed by Benson, pp 10-19) for studying jealousy? Explain.
5. If you said “no” to the experiment, which of the other methods would you prefer for studying jealousy and why?