Main Menu for Chapter 4 of Research Design Explained (8th ed.)

• Outline
• Powerpoint lecture/Chapter outline
• Key Terms & Issues

• Lecture 4.1: Reasons for Replicating Research
• Lecture 4.2: Generalizing Results
• Powerpoint lecture/Chapter outline
• Bonus powerpoint lecture (password is the first nonhyphenated word on page 3 of the Instructor's Manual)

Chapter 4 section of the student website

Handouts

• Handout 4.1: Homework--Reporting on an Article
• Handout 4.2: What to Look for in a Journal Article
• A nice graphic illustrating the problem of publication bias
• Dr. Megan E. Bradley's quick tips for understanding the parts of a journal article
• Detailed Learning Objectives for Chapter 4
• Crossword puzzle
• Completed crossword puzzle (password is the first non-hyphenated word on page 3 of the Instructor's Manual)

Activities/Discussion Topics

• Help students understand why they need to read original research--and think critically about that research--by having students

•  Jon Oliver's rant about inaccuracies in media reports of scientific studies (20 minute video)
• watch this 11-min TED video by Molly Crockett titled "Beware neuro-bunk."
• watch this 4-min Youtube video by Gerd Gigerenzer giving one powerful example of the bad consequences of relying on secondhand reporting of research
•  find out about  myths about physical and mental illnesses by looking at the results of meta-analyses at cochrane.org
• explore some psychological myths

• Use Ruth Ault's activity to help students understand how journal articles are organized (takes about an hour).
• Give students one of these handouts so they can read one of the following articles
• Show (model) how to read and evaluate a journal article using the following computer-based workshop. Note that (a) you can make this exercise as interactive as you wish (having students working in groups to answer the questions) or you can walk through the tutorial as a lecture, and (b) at least one class period before you go through this tutorial, you should probably have students ready the article that the tutorial dissects:

  DeLoache, J. S., Miller, K. F., & Rosengren, S. (1997). The credible shrinking room: Very young children's

  performance with symbolic and nonsymbolic relations. Psychological Science, 8, 308-313

• Have students read and critique a research article
• Have students determine what the evidence says about a common saying (from Dr. Monica Biernat).
• Have students propose a study based on an article they have read
• Replications and the Replication Crisis
  • The crisis fully described in cartoon format
  • The need for direct replications
  • An interesting article suggesting that psychology's replication process has made psychology better
  • Beyond direct replications

• Statistical issues
• Show how experimental and correlational research complement each other
• Library activities (tips, tours, and tutorials)
• External validity
• Problems with peer review