peer review

Question 1

what is a peer review

Answer 1

• Independent assessment
• Carried out before publication
• Experts in the field.
• Anonymous

Question 2

aims of peer review

Answer 2

• To provide recommendations if published or not, or whether work needs done on it.
• To check the validity of the research.
• To assess the appropriateness of procedure and methodology.
- To judge the significance of the research in wider context of human behaviour.
• To assess the work for originality.
• To inform allocation of future research funding.
-prevent fraudulent research-fake/made up

Question 3

l-anonymity

Answer 3

There are drawbacks associated with the peer review process.
Since the peer reviewers are often anonymous in their reporting on the academic research, there is a possibility that they will use this fact as a means to criticise rivals in their field of psychology.
This is perpetuated by the fact that there tends to be limited funding for new research so the element of competition could bread jealousy amongst researchers.
As a result, inaccurate or unfair criticism may be received following the peer review process which is not a valid reflection of the quality of the research.

Question 4

L-publication bias

Answer 4

An issue with the use of peer review is that it is sometimes difficult to find a suitable peer.
This is especially true when conducting psychological research on a new or groundbreaking topic.
A possible consequence of this is that research which is not of high quality will be passed as suitable for publication as the researcher did not fully comprehend the aims or content.
Conversely, results may be published which preserves the status quo by supporting existing theories more readily than more unconventional research might, resulting in a positive publication bias.

Question 5

S-plagiarised work

Answer 5

Although peer review is not without its faults, there are merits to conducting the process on psychological research.
In particular, the process helps to prevent any substandard research from entering the mainstream which serves to protect the reputation of the discipline.
Likewise, as experts within the field often act as peers, there is less opportunity for plagiarized work or duplications of research to be published.(Since research is reviewed by other experts in the same field, it’s harder for copied or repeated work to get published.”)
This means that the journals who publish the work will be trusted for the articles that they disseminate.