8 Ethics

Question 1

Provide accurate information about their research proposal and obtain approval prior to conducting the research.

Answer 1

Institutional Approval

Question 2

• a child’s affirmative agreement to participate in research. If the participant is 7-17 years of age, assent must be obtained. The assent form must be written at the appropriate reading level of the youngest participant in the age range and use simple terminology.

Answer 2

ASSENT

Question 3

• contains all elements of written consent, however, the participant has verbally read the elements and verbally agrees to join. This may require corroborating documentation.

Answer 3

VERBAL CONSENT

Question 4

• generally used when there is a language barrier and an English REC-approved consent is orally translated in the native language of the research participant.

Answer 4

SHORT FORM

Question 5

The subjects should have a way to contact the investigator following participation in the research.
The participant should be able to receive help or advice from the researcher if problems should arise.

Answer 5

Protection from Harm and Debriefing

Question 6

• investigator explains the general purposes of the research.

Answer 6

Debriefing

Question 7

Minimize known risks
Read a series of self-referent statements designed to induce elation.
Counteract the negative mood induced earlier.
Sign a statement that they left the experiment feeling no worse than when they began it.

Answer 7

Removing Harmful Consequences

Question 8

refers to the researcher’s agreement to handle, store, and share research data to ensure that information obtained from and about research participants is not improperly divulged.

Answer 8

Confidentiality

Question 9

• Include sufficient information for reviewers to judge the nature and significance of the topic, the adequacy of the investigative strategy, the nature of the results, and the conclusions.
• This should summarize the substantive results of the work and not merely list topics to be discussed.
• This is an outline/brief summary of your paper and your whole project.

Answer 9

Abstracts

Question 10

• Why is the problem important?
• What hypothesis will be tested in the experiment?
• What are the theoretical grounding behind the prediction?
• It is necessary that you do some library research to write the Introduction. Any secondary source like an introductory psychology text will provide a minimal background.
• You must also cite at least three primary sources (e.g., journal articles). The Psychological Abstracts are a good way to find recent primary sources.

Answer 10

Introduction

Question 11

• This section is intended to communicate with people who know very little about what was done.
• Be certain, however, that you include enough information so the study could be replicated.
• Note also that you should use the second person, passive voice as well as past tense throughout your paper.

Answer 11

Method

Question 12

• Does the result replicate or agree with the previous researches?
• What are the implications of the results?

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Results

Question 13

• In this section, discuss your results, do not simply repeat the results (avoid redundancy throughout the paper. There is no space for it!).
• Discuss your data in light of the hypotheses. Why might your results have been different from expectation or previous research?
• What is the significance for your hypotheses of the interactions?
• How might you explain the any unexpected effects.
• In the context provided by your Introduction, what do your results mean (what are the implications of these results)?

Answer 13

Discussion

Question 14

• Every study has __. Study ____ can exist due to constraints on research design or methodology.
• Two main categories of this are those that result from the methodology and those that result from issues with the researcher(s).

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Limitations

Question 15

what kind of Limitation is this?
1. Lack of previous research studies on the topic
2. Methods/instruments/techniques used to collect the data
3. Issues with sample and selection
4. Insufficient sample size for statistical measurement

Answer 15

Common Methodological Limitations

Question 16

1. Limited access to data
2. Time constraints
3. Conflicts arising from cultural bias and other personal issues

Answer 16

Common Limitations of the Researcher(s)

Question 17

• is a professional piece of writing that describes your research to some prospective audience.
• Main priority of this is to provide the reader with a brief overview of the whole study.
• To write a quality ___, it is vital to identify the important information in a study, and condense it for the reader.
• Having a clear knowledge of your topic or subject matter enables you to easily comprehend the contents of your research.

Answer 17

Summary

Question 18

• is a professional piece of writing that describes your research to some prospective audience.
• Main priority of this is to provide the reader with a brief overview of the whole study.
• To write a quality ___, it is vital to identify the important information in a study, and condense it for the reader.
• Having a clear knowledge of your topic or subject matter enables you to easily comprehend the contents of your research.

Answer 18

Summary

Question 19

this section must include at least the three primary ___ you have cited in the text of your paper and no _____ can be listed here which are not cited in your paper.
- Consult the APA Manual or published reports for examples how to report citations.

Answer 19

references