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Psychology Summer School 2013
Psychology in the 21st Century: Research in Ac;on Ma$ Hilton
• Why are ethics so important? • How has technology shaped the research we do? • What problems do we face when collec;ng data? • Your reports • Experiment 1
Overview
• Ethics can affect all aspects of the research process – Recruitment of par;cipants – Collec;on of data – Analysis of data
• How are ethics dealt with in the real world?
• What we do at Lancaster – Psychology Department – University commiMee
Why are ethics so important?
• Developmental • Social • Cogni;ve • Health • Forensic • Sport
What par;cular areas of research present a concern?
• Problem of knowing what people actually think/feel • AMempt to avoid bias in responses • Need for objec;ve measures
How has technology shaped our research?
EEG
• Unconscious reac;ons • Infant/child development • Objec;ve measure
• “EEG is like listening to crowd noises in soccer game with a mic outside the stadium. But we can manipulate the game.”
Why is EEG so useful?
Eye tracking
Eye tracking demo
• Unconscious reac;ons • Infant/child development • More s;mulus specific than EEG • Objec;ve • Understand aMen;on
Why is it useful?
• TOO MANY! • Recruitment • Running the study • Payment • Funding • Objec;vity/excluding bias
What problems do we face when collec;ng data?
Psychology in Schools
Psychology in the Workplace
Gender Psychology
Social Psychology
Psychology as a field is huge!
Child Psychology
Criminal Psychology
Language
Mental Health
Consumer Psychology
Compara;ve (animal)
Psychology
Counselling
Health Psychology
• Have a think and text in you answer • Text “4390” and your response to 020 3322 5822
What area of psychology interests you the most?
• Why are ethics so important? • How has technology shaped the research we do? • What problems do we face when collec;ng data? • Your reports • Experiment 1
Overview
• To read like a mini journal ar;cle • Introduc;on • Method • Results • Discussion
Your report
• Introduce your topic • Why is this interes;ng? • What has past research indicated? • What will I be doing? • What do I expect to happen?
Introduc;on
• Exactly what happened? • Who?
– Males/females, ages • Where? • What?
– Materials did you use? – Procedure? – Timings?
Method
• Analyse the data you have collected
Results
• Summary of the study • Why its an important finding • Limita;ons (not too harsh, don’t slag yourself off – its weird) • Implica;ons • Future direc;ons
Discussion
• Why are ethics so important? • How has technology shaped the research we do? • What problems do we face when collec;ng data? • Your reports • Experiment 1
Overview
