ethical issues
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- Created on: 08-06-21 19:46
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- ethical issues
- why are ethics a concern of a psychologists
- the attempt to gain valid/ true knowledge about human behaviour and thinking is often prevented when people know that they are being studied
- artificial behaviour produces poor validity
- even though they might be reliable
- integrity of research should be based on the search for truth AND the protection of participants from any type of harm
- artificial behaviour produces poor validity
- often psychologists do a cost/benefit analysis value vs posiible harm
- the attempt to gain valid/ true knowledge about human behaviour and thinking is often prevented when people know that they are being studied
- four key ethical issues
- informed consent
- participants are aware of the aims of the research, the procedures, their rights
- this might make the study useless as the participant wont be acting 'natural'
- deception
- deliberately misleading or withholding information
- protection from harm
- participants shouldnt be put at risk anymore than their everyday lives
- privacy and confidentiality
- the right to contol information about themselves
- informed consent
- british psychologist society
- set of ethical guidelines
- guidlines are implemented by ethical committes
- a cost benefit approach to determine if its ethically acceptable
- dealing with informed consent
- a consent letter/form detailing all relevent information
- under 16 need parental information
- otheer ways of getting consent
- presumptive consnet
- a similar group of people are asked if this is acceptable, if this group agrees then consent is 'presumed'
- prior general consent
- participants give their permission to take part in a number of different studies
- retrospective consent
- asked for their consent after debriefing, subject to deception
- presumptive consnet
- dealing with deception and protection from harm
- during the debriefing the participant shoul be made aware of the true investigatations
- also what their data will be used for and their right to withdraw
- reassured and made sure they are mentally feeling good (could require counselling)
- during the debriefing the participant shoul be made aware of the true investigatations
- confidentiality
- must be anonymus
- why are ethics a concern of a psychologists
- briefing the research to participants
- the execution of the research
- debriefing informing participants about findings
- the execution of the research
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