1. Think for a moment about some aspect of human behavior that has piqued your curiosity in recent days. Perhaps you observed an aggressive driver or children playing a game.

Formulate a question about some aspect of what you observed. Now look to the research literature and see what is known about the question you formulated. Based on what you find in your search, revise your question. Observing behavior, generating questions, and examining the literature are all part of the scientific process that occurs in psychological research, and they are great ways of fostering your research ideas.