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Canadian Connections to Research in this Chapter

Adair, J. G. (1984). Hawthorne effect: A reconsideration of the methodological artifact. Journal of Applied Psychology, 69, 334-345. (University of Manitoba: http://www.umanitoba.ca/)
 

Allen, R. C. (1998). The employability of university graduates in the humanities, social sciences, and education: Recent statistical evidence. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. (University of British Columbia: http://www.ubc.ca/)
 

Berry, J. W., Poortinga, Y. H., & Pandey, J. (Eds.) (1997). Handbook of cross-cultural psychology: Vol. 1. Theory and method. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. (Queen's University: http://www.queensu.ca/)

J.W. Berry received the Canadian Psychological Association's Donald O. Hebb Award in 1998.
 

Canadian Psychological Association (1992). Canadian code of ethics for psychologists, 1991. Old Chelsea, QC: Author. (http://www.cpa.ca/)
 

Haddock, G., & Zanna, M. P. (1997). Impact of negative advertising on evaluations of political candidates: The 1993 Canadian federal election. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 19, 205-223. (University of Waterloo: http://www.uwaterloo.ca/)

M.P. Zanna was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999.
 

Medical Research Council of Canada (now Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, & Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (1998). Tri-council policy statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans. Ottawa: Authors. (http://www.cihr.ca or http://www.nserc.ca or http://www.sshrc.ca)
 

Olfert, E. D., Cross, B. M., & McWilliam, A. A. (Eds.) (1993). Guide to the care and use of experimental animals. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Ottawa: Canadian Council on Animal Care. (http://www.ccac.ca/)
 

Sharpe, D., Adair, J. G., & Roese, N. J. (1992). Twenty years of deception research: A decline in subjects' trust? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 18, 585-590.(University of Manitoba: http://www.umanitoba.ca/)

Weblinks

Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists

The Code of Ethics that guides individual psychologists and provincial regulatory bodies is reproduced on this Web page.

Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research

This site details the scientist's role in using animals in research, and guidelines from the Canadian Psychological Association on how animals may be used in research and teaching.

Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans

An ethical framework for research involving humans is set out by the three Canadian funding councils. A far-reaching treatment of human research ethics.

Suggestions for Further Reading

Christensen, L. B. (1994). Experimental methodology (6th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Kiess, H. O., & Bloomquist, D. W. (1985). Psychological research methods: A conceptual approach. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Several standard textbooks discuss the scientific method in psychological research. The Christensen book covers ethical and practical issues as well as theoretical ones, and the Kiess and Bloomquist book describes statistical tests.

 
Barber, T. X. (1976). Pitfalls in human research. New York: Pergamon Press.

McCain, G., & Segal, E. M. (1981). The game of science (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Both of these books are rather entertaining accounts of the whys and wherefores of the scientific method. Most of us enjoy reading about others' mistakes, perhaps thinking that we could have done things better. Barber's book allows us to indulge in this activity; it discusses specific instances of studies that were flawed.

 
Bell, J. (1991). Evaluating psychological information: Sharpening your critical thinking skills. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Bell's book provides what the title claims: an excellent way to sharpen your critical thinking skills. It is full of exercises to help you accomplish that goal.

 
Collins, A. (1988). The sleep room. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys Limited.

Collins tells a stark story of the brainwashing experiments conducted in the 1950s and 1960s in Montreal at the Allan Memorial Institute. She received the Governor General's Literary Award (non-fiction) for this book in 1988.

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