An Exploratory Study into the Use of Psychology Participant Panels in Psychology Departments in the United Kingdom

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Perham, Nick
Hodgetts, Helen M.
Sanders, Lalage
Heggs, Daniel
Date
2017-12Acceptance date
2017-11-24
Type
Article
Publisher
British Psychological Society
ISSN
0965-948X
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Psychology Participant Pools (PPP) are known to be used within psychology departments in the United Kingdom as a way to promote understanding of psychological research and as a means to aid students and researchers to collect data. However, there is currently no information regarding the different practices undertaken in each department. This article represents a first exploration in this endeavour by asking representatives from these departments to complete a survey. General findings revealed that the number of studies conducted were either under 20 or over 40, Level 4 students had to obtain slightly more credits than Level 5 students, a range of activities were observed for those participants who did not obtain all their credits, and the PPP was more often than not tied to a research methods module. Despite receiving responses from around only a third of departments, the results revealed a wide range of behaviours across the departments. We feel that these are useful for departments who wish to establish, or update, their own PPP, but also recognise that a larger study is required to more accurately capture the use of PPPs in the United Kingdom.
Journal/conference proceeding
Psychology Teaching Review;
Citation
Perham, N., Hodgetts, H., Sanders, L.D. and Heggs, D. (2017) 'An Exploratory Study into the Use of Psychology Participant Panels in Psychology Departments in the United Kingdom', Psychology Teaching Review, 23(2), pp.80-86.
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This article was published in Psychology Teaching Review in 2017
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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