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Chris Hadley, PhD
PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Chris Hadley earned his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from UCLA in 2006. Chris' research has been published in numerous scientific journals. During his time at UCLA, he was awarded a Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health to fund his doctoral research. Chris has worked on improving content quality at wikiHow since 2007. His role on the content team focuses on quality control and content innovation. He works with our editors to ensure accuracy on all wikiHow articles, as well as advising on content strategy.
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Q&A Comments (3)
How do you make your research original?
Think about building on other research, not creating something from scratch. Most research — in psychology and other fields — builds upon the findings of previous research.
How do you find a research question?
As you read, look for unanswered questions in the literature. Good research questions often start as an attempt to address something unexplained by past research or as an attempt to extend the findings of previous research to new situations or stimuli. In science, it’s also important that a research question be testable – meaning that it can be answered through experimentation.
How do you write a research question?
A good research question should address something that the researcher is curious about. Effective research typically requires sustained, careful focus, and persistence. It’s a lot easier and more enjoyable to do this work when the topic of your research is intrinsically interesting to you.
