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http://psychology.about.com/od/researchmethods/ss/expdesintro.htm This site provides a basic explanation of research methods as well as explanations of statistical terms such as validity and reliability. http://www.bps.org.uk/the-society/code-of-conduct/ethical-principles-for-conducting-research-with-human-participants.cfm This site provides the British Psychological Society’s Ethical Principles for conducting Research with Human Participants. There are also links on this page that will take you to their guidelines regarding other forms of research, for example the guidelines for working with animals: http://www.bps.org.uk/the-society/code-of-conduct/guidelines-for-psychologists-working-with-animals.cfm It’s important to bear in mind that ethical codes are not a set of fixed rules per se and it can therefore also be useful to look at other ethical codes in order to best inform your practices; for example, a useful code to look at and to reflect on commonalities and differences is that of the American Psychological Association at: http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html Another useful set of guidelines to look at is that of the Social Research association. These can be found at: http://www.the-sra.org.uk/ethical.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index_surveys.shtml Do you want to take some fun psychological surveys? This BBC site has plenty of them on topics ranging from gender to perception. NB these tests are meant as a fun activity for you – but as you take them try to be critical and think about them in terms of concepts such as validity and reliability… http://www.guidetopsychology.com/testing.htm This Website explores some key issues in psychological testing, using clear and accessible language. http://www.criticalthinking.org This American site offers a specific definition of critical thinking and its components, including a range of psychological tests related to this issue http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html Quackwatch, Inc. is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. http://www.badscience.net/ Bad Science - Ben Goldacre is a medical doctor who writes for The Guardian, the BMJ and more, on pseudoscience and medicine in culture. Well worth a read. http://ahp.yorku.ca/ Advances in the History of Psychology: this site contains a host of diverse information of use to psychology students. http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/ This site provides credible, drawn from peer reviewed sources, scientific information relating to cognition. http://www.bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/ The BPS provides a free email service that gives bite sized information relating to psychological research. Sign up for this invaluable service at this web page. |