Experimental Psychology: The Roar of the Crowd
When it comes to research in the field of psychology, it’s important to consider how results may be skewed. While undergraduates in the field of psychology are often at the disposal of researchers looking for subjects, and willing to participate for a variety of reasons, subjects selected are often not representative of humanity as a whole. Drawing general conclusions about the behavior of the general human population from the results of studies such as these is risky business. However, thanks to crowd-sourcing in conjunction with the internet, things are quickly changing in the world of psychological research and subject selection…
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