THE STROOP EFFECT AND COLOUR-RELATED WORDS ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out to test if the Stroop effect occurred when a small but significant modification to the conditions was applied to the classic Stroop experiments. Previous evidence suggested that although automatic and controlled processes can work simultaneously‚ they can cause undesired interferences. In this experiment‚ colour names were replaced by colour-related words in the Stroop condition and it was found that the Stroop effect
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Covert administration of medicine is the disguising of medication on food and drink. The practice of administering covert medication is controversial. In mentally capable patients it is a breach of autonomy and likely to constitute assault. For people who lack capacity (either permanently or temporarily)‚ the question is whether the best interest of the individual is justification enough for covert practices. Within my practice area‚ there is a client who occasionally gets his medication covertly
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In this essay I will argue that Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ fieldwork in Ireland was fundamentally unethical on the grounds that she morally wronged her participants through her fictionalized representation of them‚ and that she did not seek their informed consent. That being said‚ she was also committed to structural analysis‚ which is distinctly lacking in twenty-first century anthropological inquiry. Nancy-Scheper Hughes has often been criticized for morally wronging her informants in a variety of
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duties safely and without concern. In carrying out procedures in a particular way with one patient might be acceptable to them but to another it could be interpreted as abuse. Dignity and privacy policies must be followed to ensure good practice. Consent must be obtained at all times to avoid misunderstandings. I would encourage the individual to participate and inform me if there was any procedure they are not comfortable with.Speaking clearly and at a level the patient can understand should eliminate
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words. The act of silencing is effective when the biased group manipulates the illocutionary and perlocutionary speech act and prevents certain groups from being able to speak or feel comfortable to express their opinions freely. The speech act of consent is the illocutionary act of saying “yes” or “no” and trying to convey to the fact that we accept or do not accept what is happening. The perlocutionary force is where the hearer understands our refusal and has seriously and respectfully accepted our
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this area. There is a clear statement of research aims‚ which defines the research question. There is an information sheet for participants‚ which sets out clearly what the research is about‚ what it will involve and consent is obtained in writing on a consent form prior to research beginning. The methodology is appropriate to the research question. So‚ if the research is into people’s perceptions‚ a more qualitative‚ unstructured interview may be appropriate. If the research aims
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revealing private information and causing harm to the participant. For the study‚ review board approval from the hospital was obtained. To collect data‚ all patients‚ their families‚ nurses and witnesses of patients falling gave their written informed consent first before voluntarily giving information during their interviews. This study has been done so that new ideas can be brought up to lower the rate of falls occurring and thus improve the quality of the lives of patients. A benefit that researchers
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have caused other permanent‚ stress related damage. Give Milgram’s defence; say how participants felt pleased to have taken part and that they learned something from the experiment. Lastly‚ discuss informed consent and the right to withdraw- note that participants could not have given informed consent because they were deceived‚ so they didn’t know what they were actually going to be doing‚ this can be countered by referring back to the point about the experiment not being able to work without the
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obtaining their files‚ even though in this case it may have been a good thing seeing as the false information came to light. They also used their right to share information to let Shannon know it had been months since seeing Janet. Their right to informed consent plays a role because they were not given access to
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An experiment to investigate the effect of leading questions on memory. UFP: Business Administration Psychology Coursework Abstract This study was a replication of Loftus and Palmer (1974). The aim was to find out whether or not participants who had watched a video clip of a train crush would make different estimates of the speed the trains where travelling according to the question they were asked . This experiment was a laboratory experiment and independent measure
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