EPSY 5601 Honors Section Week 1

  • How Do We Know Something
  • Scientific Research
  • Why Professors Do Research and the Ethical Implications
  • Why Results May be Reported Incorrectly
  • Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1976) Twins Study
  • Henry H. Goddard (1866-1957) Kallikak Family
  • Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  • Belmont Report (Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice)
  • What is Research with a Human Subject
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • Code of Ethics
  • Voluntary Informed Consent
  • Open Research Movement
  • Elements of a Research Articles
    • Statement of the Problem
    • Background of the Study (Lit Review)
    • Methodology Used
    • Data Analysis
    • Discussion and Implications