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Evaluating Reddit as a Crowdsourcing Platform for Psychology Research Projects
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Luong, Raymond; Lomanowska, Anna M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: Online crowdsourcing platforms, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), have become popular alternatives to the ubiquitous student samples used in psychology research. r/SampleSize, an alternative pool on the website Reddit, allows for online participant recruitment without compulsory or immediate payment, making it potentially useful…
Descriptors: Social Media, Research Methodology, Data Collection, Psychology
To Thine Own Self Be True: Reducing Self-Biases with a Seminar Course on the Self
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Troisi, Jordan D.; Young, Ariana F.; Harris, Brianna – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
Previous research demonstrates that psychology courses have the potential to reduce students' biases (e.g., biases against women). In the current research, we hypothesized that taking a seminar-style course on the self (as compared to a research methods course) could reduce students' typically biased views of the self (i.e., unrealistically…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Seminars, Psychology, Student Attitudes
Developing Informed Research Participants in an Introductory Psychology Participant Pool
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Sullivan, Michael P.; Lashley, Sarah L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
This activity offers a way to use the informed consent procedure to help students better understand the responsibilities of research participants. During a class activity, students completed a brief study. The study included presentation of consent forms and questionnaires before a surprise quiz over material from the consent form and a discussion…
Descriptors: Psychology, Research Methodology, Research Tools, Student Research