lesson 10 - role of peer review

Question 1

what is peer review

Answer 1

when psychologist completes research
uni sends work to other psychologists working in similar field
the work is considered for publishing if of good quality, high validity, significant then can be published

Question 2

what do peer reviewers do

Answer 2

scrutinise work
report on quality of research

Question 3

what’s a double blind peer review

Answer 3

psychologists carrying out peer review is anonymous, so psychologist who wrote research does not know who will review their work and reviewer doenst know whose reviewing

Question 4

what happens if a peer review is rejected

Answer 4

the work won’t be published and will be sent to the rrsearcher to make modifications and corrections

Question 5

adv of peer review

Answer 5

ensures work that is published is valid, accurate, detailed and of high standard

Question 6

adv of double blind

Answer 6

more likely to be honest appraisal

Question 7

disadvantage of double blind

Answer 7

peer reviewer may use anonymity as a way of criticising rival researchers as researchers are in direct competition of eachotjet