Peer Review

Question 1

Why do we need a method for checking psychological research

Answer 1

To make sure the research is valid, ethical, reliable p, not copied and of good quality

Question 2

3 aims of peer review

Answer 2

Allocation of research funding, validate quality and relevance of research and suggest amendments or improvements before publishing

Question 3

What is the process of peer review

Answer 3

Psychologist in the same field as you checks: significance, originality, validity, methods and design and results. Then report can be accepted with amendments or rejected and assumed for publication

Question 4

Why do we need peer review in particularly?

Answer 4

• results can be used to make decisions that impact groups of people in society
• if culturally biased, results can be used to support discrimination
• supports high quality research before being published

Question 5

3 evaluation points of peer review

Answer 5

Anonymity, publication bias, burying ground breaking research

Question 6

Elaboration of ‘anonymity’

Answer 6

• peers doing reviewing aren’t identified to encourage honest feedback
• reviewers may be in competition for limited research funding
• being anonymous allows them to be over critical
• some journals use open review so reviewers names are public

Question 7

Elaboration of ‘publication bias’

Answer 7

• editor preferences may lead to journals giving false view
• editors may prefer pos findings for good headline
• valuable research may not be published because if doesn’t fit editors preferences
• ‘file drawer’ - put away are discarded

Question 8

Elaboration of ‘burying ground-breaking research’

Answer 8

• slow down rate of change in psychology
• burying ground breaking research
• may resist research challenging established mainstream theories
• may resist findings that challenge their own research