Every school with which I am familiar offers an alternative to
research participation. Most have an alternative like Annettes,
a 1-page double-spaced summary of an empirical paper.
Ken
Joan Warmbold wrote:
I clearly was under a misconception here. I had been told by a number of
my 101 students that at their previous universities they were required to
participate in a number of research studies--average seeming to be between
3 and 6. Has that changed in recent years? Clearly if students are given
the option for other activities, then there's nothing coercive about their
participation whatsoever.
Joan
[email protected]
I know of no program that doesn't offer a reasonable alternative to
research participation. We ask students to complete a 1-page double-spaced
summary of an empirical article from an APA journal or from a short list
of other peer-reviewed journals. They get to pick whatever topic they want
and often the articles are immediatley accessible online so that they
don't even have to go anywhere. The length of the article doesn't matter
as long as they can capture the essence of what they read.
I really do believe that participation teaches valuable lessons about the
process of research. I still remember from the late 1960's participating
in research studies even though I was at that time clueless about the
whole process. I have a vague memory of memory drums! but I no longer
remember from over 40 years ago just what the study was about. I do
remember really believing that what I was doing was important.
So I have no problem with subject pools.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
619-260-4006
[email protected]
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected]
Professor
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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