Unable to think of a Blog topic i decided to randomly open my research methods textbook and write my blog on whatever came up. I think I got off luckily. Consent and informed consent is one of the most important ethical guidelines in psychological research. There are 8 main principles which need to be met in order to claim informed consent they are;. 1 The porpoise, procedures and estimated duration should be provided. 8 Participants should be given contac.

Thanks for dropping by psuf50! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. Do rewards really motivate us in the future? Mdash; 5 Comments. You would expect rewards to improve future behaviour, especially in young children. However, this idea has long been rejected in psychology, with the main belief being that although they sometimes work, they can also backfire. This effect has also been shown to occur amon.

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On the other hand, the experiment ignores the influence of different cultures. The Chinese students showed a marked preference for red. It is because red symbolizes luck and happiness in China. That is a significant element to affect the findings of the experiment. Thus, the explanations of the finding did not give the study design and finding, because a lot of errors were ignored. Besides of using internet sour.

Should psychology be written for the layman or should science be exclusively for scientists? For psychology to be understood and comprehended by everyone, surely it should be written for the layman, in a way that everyone can understand. For people interested in psychology, or any aspect of science, it would be very frustrating if all research and finding were written in a highly scientific way. Can correlation show causality? The reason behind correlations and correlatio.