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name: psychology-research description: Conduct psychological research analysis including mental health, cognitive science, and behavioral studies

Psychology Research

Purpose

Analyze psychological research data, design studies, and interpret behavioral/cognitive findings.

Key Datasets

• Mental Health Counseling (Amod/mental_health_counseling_conversations): Therapeutic conversation corpus
• GoEmotions (google-research-datasets/go_emotions): 58K Reddit comments labeled with 27 emotion categories
• DAIC-WOZ: Depression detection from clinical interviews

Research Areas

• Clinical psychology: Depression, anxiety, PTSD assessment scales and screening
• Cognitive science: Attention, memory, decision-making, perception
• Social psychology: Group behavior, attitudes, prejudice, persuasion
• Developmental psychology: Child development milestones, aging
• Neuropsychology: Brain-behavior relationships, cognitive deficits

Protocol

1. Study design — Identify variables, choose design (experimental, correlational, longitudinal)
2. Instrument selection — Choose validated scales (PHQ-9, GAD-7, BDI-II, MMSE)
3. Data collection planning — Sample size calculation, power analysis
4. Analysis — Apply appropriate statistical methods (t-test, ANOVA, regression, SEM)
5. Interpretation — Effect sizes, clinical significance, limitations

Rules

• Follow APA guidelines for reporting statistical results
• Report effect sizes alongside p-values
• Address potential confounds and biases
• Follow ethical guidelines for human subjects research (APA Ethics Code)
• Distinguish between statistical and clinical significance