2. Literature Review/ Proposal and Ethics

Question 1

What are the 7 steps to a literature review?

Answer 1

Identify research question 
Review discipline (APA)
Locate information 
Read/ review info
Organise info 
Synthesise info 
Write review

Question 2

What are the 3 different types of information?

Answer 2

General
Secondary
Primary

Question 3

What are some examples of general information?

Answer 3

New York Times
Psychology Today 
SMH 
Google Scholar 
N-gram

Question 4

What are some examples of secondary sources?

Answer 4

Textbooks
Anthologies (collections)
Annual Reviews

Question 5

What are some examples of primary sources?

Answer 5

Journals
Abstracts (summaries of articles)
Indices (listings of entries)

Question 6

What are 3 examples of boolean operators?

Answer 6

and,
or,
not

Question 7

Which gets the least amount of search results out of and, or or not?

Answer 7

and

or retrieves the most

Question 8

What are the 4 ways you can structure your literature review?

Answer 8

chronological
classic studies (significance)
conceptual/ thematic
inverted pyramid (broad to localised)

Question 9

What are the 6 general ethical principals that underlie research?

Answer 9

Protection from harm (physical and psychological).

Respect for individual dignity.

Right to self-determination.

Right to privacy.

Protection of confidentiality.

Honesty and integrity of researchers.