Subject, No Participant, Yes!

I heard the APA wants to retire the term subjects Is this a good move, or are they just being silly? Jim Guinee, Ph.D. Director of Training Adjunct Professor

Re: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

I've not used the term subject for years. Whereas I think it is silly to think of research participants as partners (another term that was under consideration), subject (subjected to) seems unduly feudal. Tricia Keith-Spiegel, PhD - Original Message - From: James Guinee [EMAIL

Re: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

I don't think this is a new idea. See Roddy Roediger's Presidential Column in the April '04 issue of the APS Observer. Funny stuff. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1549 Patrick __ Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Drew

Recommendation letter question

More on the odd request for a letter stating that this student could be accepted into a Master's program. I found the personnel director at that school and called her and that person said that this student NEEDS to be in a Master's program (and has 3 years after being hired to get one). A

Re: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

At 10:50 AM -0500 6/17/04, jim clark wrote: Hi On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, James Guinee wrote: I heard the APA wants to retire the term subjects Is this a good move, or are they just being silly? They are being silly. Subjects is listed in at least one dictionary I found on-line as meaning humans or

Jellyfish polyps participated in my research

I don't mind using participant, respondent, or a similar term when my subjects (that is, experimental units) are humans, but I resist referring to rats or jellyfish polyps or mice or computers or trash cans (all of which have served as experimental units in my research) as participants. I

Re: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

As Tim mentioned, and I had believed, I didn't think this was anything new. In fact, I thought that this change had been in place for sometime now. As a Master's student I was under the impression that the APA was now telling us to replace subjects with participants, in our manuscripts, which I

Re: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

And what about the subjects who are not the real subjects in a study; those working with the researcher(s)? Do we call them confederates, accomplices, stooges? Mike Lee - Original Message - From: Paul Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Jellyfish polyps participated in my research

As a member of the Americans for Jellyfish Education, Research, and Knowledge (A-JERK), I'm offended by your insensitivity to jellyfish-Americans by calling them subjects and not participants. I recommend immediate sensitivity training. Please start by going to Blockbuster and renting Finding

RE: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

I was under the impression that the word participant was to be used for human use and the word subject was to be used for non-human animal use. Has anyone else heard of this? Nina -Original Message- From: jim clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 6/17/2004

Re: Subject, No Participant, Yes!

In a message dated 6/17/2004 10:37:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do we call them confederates, accomplices, stooges?Mike Lee If if there are three of them, you can nickname them Larry, Moe and Curly (I think all of these can be used for male or female stooges