Exercise 01: Exercise: Norms and Counter-norms

Dates

Due: Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Goals

This exercise gives you an opportunity to consider how the norms (and counter-norms) that appear common in scientific research compare with other human activities.

Assignment

Choose a realm of human activity that you are familiar with and preferable engage in yourself that is not scientific research–e.g., a sport or game, religious activity, club or social activity, political activity, or something else. Choose two norms or counter-norms in your chosen activity and in a short essay (2-3 double-spaced pages in length) describe the norms or counter-norms in your chosen activity and discuss how they compare with the norms and counter-norms common in scientific research.

Submit

A 2-3 page paper in Microsoft Word format using the following file-naming convention:

<lastname>-<firstname>-PSYCH490.002-ex01.docx, where you substitute your last name for and your first name for . If Dr. Gilmore was submitting a paper, it would look like this: gilmore-rick-PSYCH490.002-ex01.docx.