2.6.5 Ethics

Question 1

explain the first ethical issue which you considered in your experiment

Answer 1

• we ensured there was fully informed consent with a statement
• we didn’t use participants under 16 years of age to avoid getting parental consent

Question 2

explain the second ethical issue considered in your experiment

Answer 2

• participants had the right to withdraw from the study at any point

Question 3

explain the third ethical issue considered in your experiment

Answer 3

• information was kept confidential

Question 4

how did you ensure consent was given

Answer 4

• we had a consent statement which was read outloud and then ticket by participants to agree to the study

Question 5

how did you ensure there was no study deception

Answer 5

• we had a debriefing statement which infromed ptps of what the aim of the study was