reaction he did which was the fuck does this kid get He also blamed me for “where off?” entering research with a bias. I was taken aback at his reactions, and recorded mine in my reflexivity journal: He believed my letter seeking permission to contact his participants referred to his work as unethical and that it states a preconceived notion of my results and reactions. I hope I can mend this relationship so that I can get some people’s participants. Otherwise, finishing my thesis does not look like a promising prospect. The relationship was not mended, but I was able to find participants without his help. I did learn that wording and language is instrumental in guiding research. From that point on, I began to refer to roles as having caused participants harm or participants’ “potentially This change was officially made in an addendum to the poster and any other distress.” relevant materials. Results The analysis of the transcribed interviews revealed that being a research confederate had both positive and negative aspects. As illustrated in Figure 1, overall attitude participants’ toward being as a research confederate can be conceptualized as a resulting value on a scale after the positive aspects of their experiences have placed on one side of the scale and the negative aspects on the other. On the one hand, these research confederates experienced a number of as a result of the (e.g., performing their role, acting Negative Feelings Challenges negatively toward participants) and (regarding the experiment and the participants) Concerns they encountered. On the other hand, these negative feelings were often counterbalanced by used in the study (e.g., the use of Belief in the Necessity of the Methods confederates’ deception; regarding the ends as justifying the means), the way in which their Faith in the
reaction he did which was “where the fuck does this kid get off?” He also blamed me for entering research with a bias. I was taken aback at his reactions, and recorded mine in my reflexivity journal: He believed my letter seeking permission to contact his participants referred to his work as unethical and that it states a preconceived notion of my results and people’s reactions. I hope I can mend this relationship so that I can get some participants. Otherwise, finishing my thesis does not look like a promising prospect. The relationship was not mended, but I was able to find participants without his help. I did learn that wording and language is instrumental in guiding research. From that point on, I began to refer to participants’ roles as having “potentially caused participants harm or distress.” This change was officially made in an addendum to the poster and any other relevant materials. Results The analysis of the transcribed interviews revealed that being a research confederate had both positive and negative aspects. As illustrated in Figure 1, participants’ overall attitude toward being as a research confederate can be conceptualized as a resulting value on a scale after the positive aspects of their experiences have placed on one side of the scale and the negative aspects on the other. On the one hand, these research confederates experienced a number of Negative Feelings as a result of the Challenges (e.g., performing their role, acting negatively toward participants) and Concerns (regarding the experiment and the participants) they encountered. On the other hand, these negative feelings were often counterbalanced by confederates’ Belief in the Necessity of the Methods used in the study (e.g., the use of deception; regarding the ends as justifying the means), the way in which their Faith in the
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