DRREEEEEAAAMSS- evaluating Psychological Research

Question 1

Design

Answer 1

Is there a good control of extraneous variables?

Question 2

Replicability

Answer 2

Could the study be repeated easily

Question 3

Reductionism

Answer 3

Are complex ideas reduced to their component parts

Question 4

Ethics

Answer 4

Are participants harmed or deceived during research

Question 5

Ethnocentrism

Answer 5

Is the researcher’s own cultural world view central?

Question 6

Ecological validity

Answer 6

Can the findings be applied to real life settings

Question 7

Extrapolation

Answer 7

Does data from non-humans help understand humans?

Question 8

Evidence

Answer 8

Do the findings have support from other research?

Question 9

Approach

Answer 9

Can research be evaluated from other perspectives?

Question 10

Applicability

Answer 10

Can evidence be put to use?

Question 11

Androcentrism

Answer 11

Is research conducted from a male standpoint?

Question 12

Method

Answer 12

What are the pros and cons of the research method used?

Question 13

Sample

Answer 13

We’re participants in the study representative of population

Question 14

Socio-political impact

Answer 14

Can research be used to influence oppression?