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P/PS/36. Investigating child directed speech: ethical issues

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2005
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29.99 GBP

The paper touches upon the issues of language acquisition in children focusing on adults speech to children, or child directed speech (CDS) that is short, well-constructed and fairly simple. The author discusses the ethical issues of the psychological investigation such as consent of the participants, withdrawal from the research, deception, protection of participants, debriefing and confidentiality. British Psychological Society (BPS) guidelines related to these issues are discussed. The requirements for ethically correct study are outlined.

 

KEYWORDS: investigating, child, directed, speech, ethical, issues,