RESEARCH METHODS- study reporting, features of a psychological report

Question 1

The report of a psychological study (research paper) typically contains the following sections in the following order:

Answer 1

Title, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusion, references, appendices.

Question 2

What is peer review?

Answer 2

A way of assessing the scientific credibility of a research paper before it is published in a scientific journal. The idea with peer review is to prevent false ideas and bad research from being accepted as fact.

Question 3

What is an open-review, single-blind, double-blind peer review.

Answer 3

Open-review=The researchers and the reviewers are known to each other.
Single-blind=The researchers do not know the names of the reviewers. This prevents the researchers from being able to influence the reviewer. This is the most common form of peer review.
Double-blind=The researchers do not know the names of the reviewers, and the reviewers do not know the names of the researchers.