Socially Sensitive Research

Question 1

Socially sensitive research:

Answer 1

Research that has social consequences and may offend and cause harm to people of certain cultures.

Question 2

Positives:

Answer 2

By understanding the concept of social sensitive research, researches can avoid and allow for useful applications that may not have been accessible

Question 3

Negatives:

Answer 3

Ethical issues- can be distressing/ upsetting to hear that your culture has been categorised in a certain way (feelings of exclusion)

Question 4

Interpretation and Application of findings:

Answer 4

How the findings will be applied to the real-world. Findings of Yerke’s study concluded in him stating that they were a nation of “morons”- very offensive

Question 5

The Research question:

Answer 5

Research question needs to be worded carefully, for example: are there racial differences in IQ? Or is intelligence inherited? These ca be very damaging to certain groups

Question 6

Studies involved:

Answer 6

Levine 
Piliavin 
Gould
Hancock 
Freud