Week Eleven - Academic Psychology Flashcards
What qualifications do you need to be an Academic Psychologist?
PhD (after honours); involves 3 year research program and written thesis
Research skills
Publish papers
What is the standard university career path for an Academic Psychologist?
Degree with honours; PhD (3-4 years); Postdoctoral fellowship (1-3 years); Level A - Associate lecturer Level B - Lecturer Level C - Senior Lecturer Level D - Associate professor Level E - Professor
What role does ‘ethics’ play in the work of an academic psychologist?
Plagiarism
Treatment of students
Research ethics
How is teaching performance judged in academic psychology?
Student satisfaction; fail/pass rates; by the head of school
How is research performance judged in academic psychology?
Publications; quality of publications; impact of publications; grant success; recognition from peers
What ethics are there in academic psychology?
Disputes and difficulties; cheating, plagiarism, re-marking, extensions, group work difficulties
Oversight and care; accurate course info, fair assessment and marking, sensitive or distressing course materials; power differentials in lecturer/tutor/student relationships; privacy concerns
Why might a replication of an experiment fail?
Outright cheating; poor quality or effort in replication; errors in original study; questionable research practices
The main role of academics is to what?
Produce research within their desired field (40%); teaching (40%); and administration of students (20%).
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using animals rather than humans in testing?
Ad; similar characteristics, both consist of cells, can give them drugs.
Dis; they aren’t human, biologically different, expensive and they cannot speak
What did Harold Herzog (1991) suggest about owners of cats and dogs?
They are imprisoned for pleasure; researchers do same thing in their research - they are only using animals to gain the upper hand in their experiment.
