WELCOME TO DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH METHODS

 

Syllabus-Revised (2/12/07)

Miller (2007) Textbook

ARTICLE REVIEWS

PROJECT INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION

IRB INFORMATION

APA STYLE

POSTER GUIDELINES

JOURNAL GUIDELINES

 

Chapters 1 - 5 (page proofs)

Article Summaries for Research Project (Due Feb. 16, 2007)

Assignment for Research Plan

Research Plan Form (Due February 21, 2007)

Research Groups

Research Project Outline

WORKSHEETS

Grading Rubric:

Grade of 3: 

  • Refers back to article

  • Answers questions in a detailed manner (especially final question)

  • Shows mastery of the material

Grade of 2:

  • Answers question in a detailed manner

  • Shows mastery of the material

Grade of 1:

  • Not all questions are answered.

  • Questions that are answered are not in sufficient detail

  • Unclear as to whether material is understood.

Worksheet #1 (Buysse & Wesley, 2006)

Worksheet #2 (Sprecher, 1999)

Worksheet #3 (Hughes & Surra, 2000)

     Hughes & Surra (2000) Article

Worksheet #4 (The Belmont Report, 1979)

    The Belmont Report (1979):

    New York Times, February 28, 2007 article on IRBs

Worksheet #5 (Chapter 11)

Worksheet #6 (Johnson & Onwueghuzie, 2004)

Worksheet #7 (Chapter 12)

Worksheet #8 (Chapter 13)

Worksheet #9 (Chapter 14 & Whalen,et al., 2004

Worksheet #10 (Chapter 10 & Bem, 2004)

PROJECT WORK

Sibling Research Measures

Procedure

Demographic Questionnaire

Relationship Satisfaction

Partner Personality Characteristics

Sibling Personality Characteristics

Scales for Personality Characteristics

Sample Consent Form From Noppe Research

Research Process

Summaries of Articles for Literature Review

Research Plan

IRB Proposal (see below for forms and information)

Draft of Methods and Results

Poster Session

RESEARCH CERTIFICATION

All students must be certified in completing the tutorial on ethics in research.  In order to complete this requirement, please access the National Institutes of Health web site below and follow the instructions:

http://cme.cancer.gov/c01/

UW-GREEN BAY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB)

One requirement for the group project is to complete a proposal that will be submitted to our University IRB for approval.  For information and forms, please consult:

www.uwgb/edu/irb/

APA has a website with useful information about APA Style.  Click on the section on the left hand side that provides information about citations from the electronic media:

http://www.apastyle.org

The link below is an excellent summary of the APA manual 5th edition.  It was written by Professor Plonsky at UW-Stevens Point.

http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm 

The major organizations for psychologists and developmentalists provide guidelines for the presentation of posters at their conventions.  Below is advice from Psi Chi for APA's annual conference :

http://www.psichi.org/conventions/tips.asp

All journals provide guidelines to  authors regarding how they wish submitted manuscripts should appear.  Below is a link to the journal, Family Relations, which provides detailed instructions to potential authors.

http://www.ncfr.org/fr/authors/manuscript.htm