Which scenario listed below is ethical and which is not? (Hint: Refer to Section 2.4.) Explain your answer. a. A student attends a conference and reads an abstract on a poster that she finds interesting as a source for her own paper. The presenter of the poster tells her that the research described in the abstract has been published in the journal, Psychological Science. The student finds the full-text article, reads it, and cites it in her paper.b. A student conducts a literature review by searching articles in PsycINFO. In his search, he finds three secondary sources that give many interesting primary sources. He is unable to find these primary sources; however, he still cites them in his own paper.
What will be an ideal response?
(a) This is an ethical example because the student read the full text of an abstract they found interesting. (b) This is an unethical example because the student failed to obtain the primary source that was cited in his paper.
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