1) Theory Cultivation Theory Citation Riddle, K. (2010). Remembering past media use: Toward the development of a lifetime television exposure scale. Communication Methods and Measures,4(3), 241-255. Hypotheses/Research Questions In the article, “Remembering past media use: Toward the development of a lifetime television exposure scale”, hypotheses are outwardly stated. There are two hypotheses used in this article i.e. “H1: There will be a positive relationship between lifetime television…
Use of animals in research Is it fair use animals for obtaining medicines and products that will benefit man? This is not a form of exploitation? Currently, the use of animals in scientific researches has been widely debated. On one hand, the activists claiming that it is a cruelty with animals, in another hand the scientific community says that is impossible to change completely the method. There are reports that animals have been used by humans since of the age of Aristoteles. From that time…
Researching scientific ethics was interesting, frustrating, and entertaining. While I understand the need to have ethics within the scientific community because so much relies on each person’s work being credible and having integrity, I am having trouble understanding why people believe that scientists are any different than the rest of the world. (Unreliable Research) They are human with needs, wants, thoughts, and behaviors that are governed by approval, money, fame, and all the other things…
psychologists and to regulate the published journal. Avoiding misinterpretations and promoting ‘effective’ communication is the purpose of standardized language. Upper-level courses in psychology department often required students to write review articles to integrate student’s knowledge about statistics, and research methods. In this paper, I am going to examine the influential article in the psychological discourse community, the most cited article in the psychology journal (Van Noorden,…
Boerrigter BG, Bogaard HJ, Trip P, et al. Chest. 2012;142(5):1166-1174. doi:10.1378/chest.11-2798. Heart rate recovery in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Relationship with exercise capacity and prognosis. Ramos, Roberta P. et al. American Heart Journal 2012, Volume 163 , Issue 4 , 580 - 588 We appreciate that English may not be your first language, but we would like to make you aware that copying extracts from previous publications, especially outside the methods section, word-for-word is…
Research ethics consists of the input of crucial ethical doctrines to a multitude of fields involving research, plus scientific research. These include the structure and application of research involving human testing, animal testing, different aspects of scholarly crime, including scientific transgression, whistleblowing; control of research, etc. Research ethics is mostly created as a notion in medical research. An infamous agreeement…
Students are engaged in a scientific investigation of tri-colored (Indian) corn and the effects of soaking it in water. The students began the investigation recording observations regarding the dried corn. Subsequetly, the students made predictions regarding the effect of soaking the dried corn in water. The dried corn was placed in water. Students will record their observations every five days. Students are encouraged to differentiate their observations from personal observations regarding how…
“The Scientific Revolution” by Steven Shapin tries to shed light on the great changes that have molded the present-day modernity. Shapin being a sociologist and historian of science has written a number of books including Leviathan and the Air-Pump (1985), A Social History of Truth (1994), and The Scientific life (2008) among others. In this book, he tries to challenge the 20th century historiography that came up with the notion of the Scientific Revolution, while at the same time, the he…
scientists recognized and developed the experimental method, the method of science, most commonly called the scientific method.” “Throughout history, the scientific method has often been viewed mainly as a method of scientists. Some believe that the scientific method…
information, news and social trends are now accessible to the public 24 hours a day. However, accessibility is not immune to susceptibility and malleability. Current evaluations of the media 's role in reporting scientific information reveal poor integrations of media and science. In most cases, scientific jargon and data can make communicating research to the public…