Critical Analysis of ONE Scholarly Article

Critical Analysis of ONE Scholarly Article Order Description Instructions in" rel="nofollow">in Word Document Example of Critical Analysis of Scholarly Articles: Critical Analysis of the Scholarly Articles Do the Effects of Early Severe Deprivation on Cognition Persist Into Early Adolescence? Fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from the English and Romanian Adoptees Study and Recovery in" rel="nofollow">in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project are scholarly articles that attempt to distin" rel="nofollow">inguish the in" rel="nofollow">influence of physical and social depravation on psychological development in" rel="nofollow">in the early years of life (Beckett, Maughan, Rutter, Castle, Colvert, Groothues, & ... Sonuga-Barke, 2006). Do the Effects of Early Severe Deprivation on Cognition Persist Into Early Adolescence? Fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from the English and Romanian Adoptees Study stated that most studies that attempted to distin" rel="nofollow">inguish the in" rel="nofollow">influence of physical and social depravation on psychological development in" rel="nofollow">in the early years of life has used case studies and control comparisons for ethical reasons (Beckett et al., 2006). Thus, the only reason this study is acceptable is due to the circumstances in" rel="nofollow">in which it arose. The fall of the CeauSescu regime yielded conditions that enabled the study of the in" rel="nofollow">influence of depravation on psychological development in" rel="nofollow">in the early years of life (Beckett et al., 2006). In my opin" rel="nofollow">inion, there are no ethical concerns in" rel="nofollow">in this particular study because the children benefited from the adoptions. Accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to Leary (2012), researchers have two responsibilities: to deliver in" rel="nofollow">information that in" rel="nofollow">increases our understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the behavioral process and leads to the progression of human or animal welfare, and to protect the welfare of the humans or non-human participants bein" rel="nofollow">ing studied. The in" rel="nofollow">information obtain" rel="nofollow">ined from the study would benefit our understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the effects of deprivation on the early stages of life, and the welfare the children are also protect because the children are benefitin" rel="nofollow">ing. Contrarily, the Recovery in" rel="nofollow">in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project conducted a randomized trial that compared abandoned children raised in" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">institutions to abandoned children placed in" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">institutions and then moved to foster care, and were well aware that humans require a specific set of conditions that many in" rel="nofollow">institution settin" rel="nofollow">ings do not offer (Nelson, Zeanah, Fox, Marshall, Smyke, & Guthrie, 2007). Based on the responsibility that researchers have to protect the welfare of the humans or non-human participants bein" rel="nofollow">ing studied (Leary, 2012) this research is unethical. To observed children in" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">institutions and to randomly assign children to in" rel="nofollow">institutions or foster care children for the purpose of research is unethical. The primary support for this research is the in" rel="nofollow">information it could yield in" rel="nofollow">in regards to comprehendin" rel="nofollow">ing the in" rel="nofollow">influence of early deprivation on psychological development, however this does not outweigh the importance of protectin" rel="nofollow">ing the welfare of children. In my opin" rel="nofollow">inion, ethical concerns emerge when the welfare of humans are not placed above the in" rel="nofollow">information that can be obtain" rel="nofollow">ined from research to in" rel="nofollow">increase our comprehension of any notion. Moreover, the fact that children are not able to provide researchers with in" rel="nofollow">informed consent raises ethical concerns, which leads to questions regardin" rel="nofollow">ing compensation, privacy and confidentiality, and of course the harm. The harm that the children could experience does not outweigh the benefits, especially when the consequences that the children may endure in" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">institutions are well-known. Essentially, the benefits of this research do not outweigh the ethical concerns in" rel="nofollow">in regards to the children, and the spent time observin" rel="nofollow">ing the children would be better spent improvin" rel="nofollow">ing the deprived conditions of state in" rel="nofollow">institutions.