**Become a Research Rockstar! An Interactive Ethics Activity in Psychology
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Empower your students to become ethical research rockstars with this engaging reading comprehension worksheet and interactive role-playing activity! Dive into the world of psychology and explore the importance of informed consent, deception, and responsible research practices.

What's Inside?

• Real-World Application: Students grapple with ethical dilemmas through a role-playing activity, fostering critical thinking and preparing them for real-world research encounters.
• Primary Source Analysis: An excerpt from the American Psychological Association (APA) strengthens source evaluation skills and grounds learning in professional ethics.
• Assessment for Understanding: Multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions assess comprehension and analysis of ethical principles.
• Answer Key Included: Save valuable time with a comprehensive answer key that facilitates easy grading and self-assessment.

Learning Objectives:

• Students will gain a solid understanding of the importance of ethical research practices in psychology.
• They will analyze the role of informed consent and the ethical use of deception in protecting research participants.
• Students will develop critical thinking and decision-making skills by applying ethical principles to a real-world research scenario through a role-playing activity.
• They will strengthen their reading comprehension by identifying key details, drawing inferences, and making connections between concepts.

Common Core Standards Addressed:

• RI.1.1 - Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.
• RI.2.3 - Identify the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.
• RI.3.2 - Determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including the importance of individual sentences and paragraphs to the development of the central idea.
• RI.5.1 - Analyze how the author's purpose shapes the structure of a text, and identify an author's point of view.
• SS.9-12.6 - Evaluate the ethical and social implications of scientific discoveries.

Why Buy This Resource?

• Ready-to-Use: This downloadable worksheet integrates seamlessly into your psychology or social studies lesson plans.
• Standards-Aligned: The content and assessments directly target key reading comprehension and social science standards.
• Active Learning and Engagement: The interactive role-playing activity promotes critical thinking, collaboration, and discussion.
• Empowers Future Researchers: By fostering an understanding of ethical practices, this resource equips students to navigate research responsibly.

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