I don't know if it's an ethical guideline, suggestion or what, but APA "requires" there be alternatives for students in Gen. Psych classes being asked to participate in research. Gary
>>> "Joan Warmbold" <[email protected]> 5/6/2009 9:53 pm >>> 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] > > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 19:05:31 -0500 (CDT) >>From: "Joan Warmbold" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [tips] educating participants in research >>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <[email protected]> >> >>Boy am I going to provoke reactions here but to me it seems unethical to >>require psychology students to be participants in research studies. And >>is it any surprise that forced participants sometimes don't take the >>research seriously? They might be irritated and/or feel they are being >>taken advantage of, and rightly so. There has to be a better way to >>obtain participants for research studies other than literally coercing >>students to do so if they wish to get credit in a course. >> >>Joan >>[email protected] >> >>> We try....to various levels of success. We try to emphasize the ethics >>> involved and have decided as as department to incorporate a discussion >>> of >>> honest participation during the teaching of research ethics. Also, we >>> encourage students to do the alternate assignment if they really don't >>> want to do the studies. >>> >>> That's the best we can do. I'm anxious to hear better solutions to this >>> problem. I just ran a study where I am sure about 15% of my sample was >>> just blowing off a requirement because they performed so poorly :( I'm >>> not >>> sure how to handle the data. >>> >>> 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] >>> >>> >>> ---- Original message ---- >>>>Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:47:51 -0500 >>>>From: "Blaine Peden" <[email protected]> >>>>Subject: [tips] educating participants in research >>>>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Our students and faculty conduct research with >>>> participants from introductory psychology and other >>>> courses. Some participants seem to do the studies in >>>> great haste and with little sincerity and thereby >>>> raise concerns about the quality of their data. Have >>>> you developed strategies or instructional materials >>>> that explain the process and purpose of >>>> psychological research to future participants and >>>> also promotes their involvement and integrity? I >>>> welcome any comments, suggestions, or resources. >>>> >>>> thanks so much, blaine >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To make changes to your subscription contact: >>>> >>>> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >>> >>> --- >>> To make changes to your subscription contact: >>> >>> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >>> >>> >> >> >> >>--- >>To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >>Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
