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PSY 335—Research Methods

 

Directions: 

Consider the following factual and fictional descriptions of research.  Select the APA ethical guideline for researchers that the research violates, if any.

 

Exercise 1

You are a student in a beginning psychology class and one of the assignments in the course is that you have to participate in your professor’s study on eye tracking when reading technical articles.  The participation in the study is required and has a value of 25 points.

Is this a violation of APA research guidelines?

		Yes, it violates Principal 8.01—Institutional Approval
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.04—Client/Patient, Student, and Subordinate Research Participants
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.06—Offering Inducements for Research Participation
		No, it is not a violation of an APA research guideline

 

Exercise 2

A researcher videotapes patients to see their reaction to wait time for appointments.  The patients do not know they have been taped and were not asked for permission for the tapes to be filmed.

Is this  a violation of APA research guidelines?

		Yes, it violates Principal 8.03—Informed Consent for Recording Voices or Images in Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.05—Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.07—Deception in Research
		No, it is not a violation of an APA research guideline

 

Exercise 3

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a project conducted by the US Public Health Service in Alabama.  The American Government promised 400 men free treatment for bad blood.  The treatment was never given to the men and was purposely withheld.  The study sample was made up of poor African American men who were not aware they were being studied for the effects of syphilis.

Is this a violation of APA research guidelines?

		Yes, it violates Principal 8.02—Informed Consent to Conduct Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.05—Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.06—Offering Inducements for Research Participation
		No, it is not a violation of an APA research guideline

 

 

 

 

Exercise 4

A study involved a group of children diagnosed with mental retardation, who lived at a state hospital for children with mental retardation.  The children were deliberately infected with a contagious disease.  The study’s purpose was to study the history of the disease when left untreated and later to assess the effects of a new medication as a treatment.  Parents were encouraged to enroll their children in the study in exchange for admission of their child to the state hospital (which was deliberately short of space).

Is this a violation of APA research guidelines?

		Yes, it violates Principal 8.04—Client/Patient, Student, or Subordinate Research Participation
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.06—Offering Inducements for Research Participation
		Yes, it violates Principle 8.07—Deception in Research
		No, it is not a violation of an APA research guideline

 

 

 

Exercise 5

A psychologist is conducting research and has approval from his medical school’s Internal Review Board (IRB).  The original submission to the IRB stated the study would use written informed consent forms.  Later on, the researcher decided to use oral informed consent instead of written consent forms.  The researcher decided that even though he had changed the procedures, he did not need to clear this change through the IRB and proceeded with the research project.

Is this a violation of APA research guidelines?

		Yes, it violates Principal 8.01—Institutional Approval
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.02—Informed Consent to Conduct Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.05—Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
		No, it is not a violation of an APA research guideline

 

 

 

 

Exercise 6

A psychologist is conducting research and conducts phone interviews with 500 participants.  The project interviews take 7 months to complete and the researcher decides it will be too much trouble to contact each participant after the study to share information with them, so they never receive any information after their initial interview.

Is this a violation of APA research guidelines?

 

		Yes, it violates Principal 8.03—Informed Consent for Recording Voices or Images in Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.05—Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
		Yes, it violates Principal 8.08—Debriefing
		No, it is not a violation of an APA research guideline

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

 

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.