Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Psychological Association, List Of Universities In Canada, Antidepressant

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Erin Heerey

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One of the most important ways to do this is allowing the participants to make an informed consent decision. Canadian universities: minimize invasiveness (not too intrusive with questions, only necessary data, minimize invasiveness (not too intrusive with questions, only necessary data recorded, nothing extra. Deceptive should be avoided unless it is justified by the study"s scientific, educational, or applied value, and effective non-deceptive alternatives are not feasible. Typically always give a debriefing, but must give one if deception was used. If one or two people respond to your manipulation in a small sample, it will look like you have a statistically significant relationship when you don"t. Conceptual = slightly altered method, extend a finding, find limits, etc: pre-register empirical studies on a website (open science framework). Researchers describe purpose of study, specific hypotheses, what material will be used, how data will be analyzed, etc. in advance for others to see.