Week 3 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Informed Consent Entails…
Participants must consent to being apart of research… they mist give permission to be involved
Privacy and Confidentiality Entails…
Private information about participants must not be released into public domain… How will info be stored and who will have access? Must Protect anonymity.
Harm:
Research should not cause physical or social harm… Consent can be withdrawn at any point. Research must cater to deal with possible psychological harm.
What is Critical Reflexivity
Process of constant, self-conscious, scrutiny of the self as researcher and of the research process.
What is a Research Diary
Contains your thoughts and ideas about the research process, its social context, and your role in it. Different from Field Work Journal.
What are the 3 main aspects of Power Relations
- Reciprocal Relationships: Researcher/participant are in equal standings/positions in life.
- Asymmetrical Relationships: Those being researched are in a position of influence compared to researcher.
- Potentially Exploitative Relationships: The researcher is in a position of greater power
Power cannot be eliminated from research since it exists in all social relations.
What is Objectivity
- Personal Involvement between researcher and research participants.
- Refers to Researcher’s independence from subjects.
implies that there can be no interactive relationship between the researcher and the process of data collection and interpretation.
What is Subjectivity
- Involves insertion of personal opinions and characteristics into research practice.
- Qualitative research gives emphasis to subjectivity because the methods involve social interactions.
What is Intersubjectivity
Meanings and interpretations of the world created, confirmed, and disconfirmed as a result of interactions with other people.
Involves dialogue between researcher and participants… critical reflexivity
What is positionality?
Positionality is the idea that your identities (race, religion, class) shape how you engage with the world.
What is a positionality statement?
A positionality statement is a part of a research paper where you share your positionalities and how that might shape your research.
What are some of the weaknesses of ethics boards?
They can be too rigid for the unpredictability of social science research.
What are some of the components of critical reflexivity?
the power dynamics, insider/outsider status, and ethical concerns
How many principles are in TCPS 2?
7
What is a example of a researchers subjectivities in practice?
A upper middle class researcher from Canada calling the hobbies of impoverished children in a developing country “weird”.
