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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 11

Research Methods and Ethics

How do psychologists gather trustworthy evidence, and how do they protect the people they study? Learners compare case studies, naturalistic observation and surveys (including sampling), interpret correlations without assuming causation, design experiments with independent and dependent variables, random assignment, control groups, placebos and double-blind procedures, and judge validity and reliability. They then study research ethics: informed consent, protection from harm, confidentiality, deception and debriefing, ethics review boards, the Belmont Report's principles, and the historical cases that made these rules necessary.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 140 minutes
  • Methods and ethics check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Compare descriptive methods and explain how sampling affects generalization.
  • Interpret correlation coefficients and explain why correlation does not establish causation.
  • Identify the parts of an experiment and explain how they support causal conclusions, validity and reliability.
  • Apply research ethics principles and explain the historical cases that shaped them.

Lessons

  1. Describing behavior 4 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  2. Correlation 4 steps3 practiceabout 34 min
  3. Experiments 5 steps3 practiceabout 36 min
  4. Research ethics 5 steps4 practiceabout 37 min
  5. Methods and ethics check 9 questions at the end

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