Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Medium
Probably using Powerpoint. Or Prezi. Prezi's are more interesting than power point. Also, it's good practice for the future when in other classes we will have to give power point presentations.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
citation activity
Bullock, Richard. The Norton Field Guide to Writings and Handbook. 3rd ed. New York: n.p., 2013. Print.
Martins, David S. Transnational Writing Program Administration. Boulder Colorado: U of Utah, 2015. Print.
Corbett, Sam. "Text-to-Visual Remediation - Writing Commons." Text-to-Visual Remediation - Writing Commons. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. <http://writingcommons.org/open-text/new-media/remediation/413-text-to-visual-remediation>.
Baker, Peter. "G.O.P. Senators’ Letter to Iran About Nuclear Deal Angers White House." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Mar. 2015. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/world/asia/white-house-faults-gop-senators-letter-to-irans-leaders.html?ref=todayspaper>.
University of Louisville Staff. "Emergency Notification - Department of Environmental Health and Safety." Emergency Notification - Department of Environmental Health and Safety. University of Louisville, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. <http://louisville.edu/dehs/emergency/emergency-notification>.
Lu, Min-Zhan. REDEFINING THE LEGACY OF MINA SHAUGHNESSY: A CRITIQUE OF THE POLITICS OF LINGUISTIC INNOCENCE (n.d.): n. pag. Web.
Reflection of Research paper
When it came about that we were supposed to write a research paper, immediately I knew what I wanted to do. The APA ethical guidelines have been changing since the 80's in order to regulate experiments that were preformed unethically and written off. However, I see these experiments in a different light and although unethical I knew I had to share that I believed they were some of the greatest experiments of all time due to everything that was discovered about behaviorism by preforming them.
When writing this paper I found it extremely difficult to write. Unfortunately I'm not very good at writing an argumentative paper where you technically aren't allowed to choose a definitive side. If it was the type of paper where you could choose a side, and defend that side, that would have probably been a lot easier for me.
Firstly I found it difficult to write non definitive statements in my text, and when I did in the beginning it was corrected. Also I found it hard to write about a topic that not many people have knowledge about because when they read my thesis, not being a psychology major, they don't understand much about the early experiments in psychology and although they were unethical how they uncovered so much about behaviorism and it's relation to human reaction it was necessary. Many didn't understand my thesis so it was hard to explain since I've been learning about these things since high school and others haven't even seen a psychology textbook.
Secondly, it was interesting to research about these experiments in depth since I have been interested in them for a long time. I tried as much as I could to connect them to text and explain what about them was unethical all the while trying not to pick a side too much, but "explain" both of them. Even though my paper probably sounds pretty one sided since I don't really know how to write an argument paper without fully picking a side.
The research based paper compared to the informational paper differed in basically what we were supposed to write about. They both needed sources and they both took quite a good deal of time to write, but the research based paper was supposed to be written about a controversial topic that you are interested in that explains both sides of the argument. The informational paper was written about writing in your major. It used interviews and sources where as the research paper was entirely sources from the internet. The informational paper wasn't really two sides being argued, but just three pages of basically stating how something is done or used.
When writing this paper I found it extremely difficult to write. Unfortunately I'm not very good at writing an argumentative paper where you technically aren't allowed to choose a definitive side. If it was the type of paper where you could choose a side, and defend that side, that would have probably been a lot easier for me.
Firstly I found it difficult to write non definitive statements in my text, and when I did in the beginning it was corrected. Also I found it hard to write about a topic that not many people have knowledge about because when they read my thesis, not being a psychology major, they don't understand much about the early experiments in psychology and although they were unethical how they uncovered so much about behaviorism and it's relation to human reaction it was necessary. Many didn't understand my thesis so it was hard to explain since I've been learning about these things since high school and others haven't even seen a psychology textbook.
Secondly, it was interesting to research about these experiments in depth since I have been interested in them for a long time. I tried as much as I could to connect them to text and explain what about them was unethical all the while trying not to pick a side too much, but "explain" both of them. Even though my paper probably sounds pretty one sided since I don't really know how to write an argument paper without fully picking a side.
The research based paper compared to the informational paper differed in basically what we were supposed to write about. They both needed sources and they both took quite a good deal of time to write, but the research based paper was supposed to be written about a controversial topic that you are interested in that explains both sides of the argument. The informational paper was written about writing in your major. It used interviews and sources where as the research paper was entirely sources from the internet. The informational paper wasn't really two sides being argued, but just three pages of basically stating how something is done or used.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Paper Outline
Outline for Research Paper
Paragraph 1 ~ Introduction
---Thesis: "Although some may argue that unethical psychological experiments are wrong and harmful, they are extremely necessary due to the outcomes that are exhibited when conducted, often showing new evidence in behavior not yet discovered. (edit this)
Paragraph 2 ~ Explain little albert experiment. touch base with ethical issues. explain why some might not agree. Use source
Paragraph 3 ~ Explain theories that were discovered due to the little albert experiment. Explain why necessary.
Paragraph 4 ~ Explain Milgram Obedience testing. Explain why some have ethical issues with it. Explain repercussions of this experiment.
Paragraph 5 ~ Explain how the obedience test led to groundbreaking evidence for the ww2 Nazi trial and how it was necessary to society.
Paragraph 6 ~Explain ethical laws to psychology and explain why they came about and why they are effective
Paragraph 7 ~ Explain why some ethical laws are unnecessary and stand in the way of research.
Paragraph 8 ~ Explain Stanford Prison Experiment. Explain outcomes and why it may have been harmful to society at that point in time.
Paragraph 9 ~ Explain why the prison experiment was ground breaking for research and why although possibly harmful had a more positive impact on society due to the evidence that was found during it.
Paragraph 10 ~ Close with the arguments of both sides. Why unethical practice can be harmful in the long run but also why it can be more helpful and why that is a risk we should we willing to take for the sake of science.
Paragraph 1 ~ Introduction
---Thesis: "Although some may argue that unethical psychological experiments are wrong and harmful, they are extremely necessary due to the outcomes that are exhibited when conducted, often showing new evidence in behavior not yet discovered. (edit this)
Paragraph 2 ~ Explain little albert experiment. touch base with ethical issues. explain why some might not agree. Use source
Paragraph 3 ~ Explain theories that were discovered due to the little albert experiment. Explain why necessary.
Paragraph 4 ~ Explain Milgram Obedience testing. Explain why some have ethical issues with it. Explain repercussions of this experiment.
Paragraph 5 ~ Explain how the obedience test led to groundbreaking evidence for the ww2 Nazi trial and how it was necessary to society.
Paragraph 6 ~Explain ethical laws to psychology and explain why they came about and why they are effective
Paragraph 7 ~ Explain why some ethical laws are unnecessary and stand in the way of research.
Paragraph 8 ~ Explain Stanford Prison Experiment. Explain outcomes and why it may have been harmful to society at that point in time.
Paragraph 9 ~ Explain why the prison experiment was ground breaking for research and why although possibly harmful had a more positive impact on society due to the evidence that was found during it.
Paragraph 10 ~ Close with the arguments of both sides. Why unethical practice can be harmful in the long run but also why it can be more helpful and why that is a risk we should we willing to take for the sake of science.
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