Ana Rivera

Week 3: Background Searching on the Web

Part 1

1    1. My research topic is Self-serving bias.

2    a.) The research engine that I’m using will be doaj.org

b.) The topic involves language, emotions, addictions.

c.)  Some subtopics are education, ethics, and politics.

d.) A possible research question can be self-serving bias in ethics, self-serving bias on the workplace.

e.) Distinctive: attribution

     Broad: social psychology

     Narrow: self-esteem

     Related: narcissism

Part 2

1    1. https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/self-serving-bias

2    2. The domain is edu, which means it is from an educational institution 

      3. The page was made by The University of Texas at Austin  The copyright is 2019

5    4. The page has several links

6    5. The purpose of the page is to educate

Part 3

1   1. a.) Self-serving Bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias

   b.) The Wikipedia page provides many important aspects

   c.) There are no warning messages on the article

   d.) The article has referenced facts and claims

   e.) The article is clear and readable but does not have illustrations.

   f.) I think the number of references are appropriate, the type of sources are journal articles and           there are external links and further reading.

2. a.) WikiProjects: WikiProject Business, WikiProject Philosophy, WikiProject Politics, and WikiProject Psychology

    b.) Rated Start-class, High-importance, Rated Start-class, Low-importance, Rated Start-class, High-importance, and Rated Start-class, Mid-importance.

    c.) I agree with the rating on the article.

    d.) There are no disputes or comments on the article’s Talk page.

3. a.) There is nothing that concerns me about the editing history. They just have changed wording and grammar

Part 4

This week I learned about the Wikipedia “Talk” page and the history page. I also learned that there are alternate searching engines and finally how to label search terms.