ethical issues

Question 1

ethics

Answer 1

a set of moral principles

Question 2

ethical issues

Answer 2

dilemmas, such as decieving a participant about the real purpose of experiment

Question 3

ethical guidelines

Answer 3

rules by organisations, such as the British psychological Society, about how to deal with ethical issues

Question 4

deception

Answer 4

this involves misleading participants

Question 5

active deception

Answer 5

is where the experimenters deliberately mislead participants about some feature of the experiment

Question 6

passive deception

Answer 6

is where researchers mislead by with withholding information

Question 7

infomed consent

Answer 7

• researchers must give detailed information about the experiment so that participants can agree or refuse to take part

Question 8

presumptive consent

Answer 8

where before the research happens members of the population from which participants are drawn asked how acceptable it is

Question 9

protection from harm

Answer 9

• physical harm includes such factors as excessive anxiety
• psychological harm includes such factors of loss of self-esteem or embarrassment

Question 10

right to withdraw

Answer 10

participants can choose to stop participating and/or to withdraw their data without any negative consequences

Question 11

consent

Answer 11

researchers must give detailed information about the experiment so that participants can agree or refuse to take part

Question 12

debriefing

Answer 12

providing participants with the information about the nature and purpose of the research

Question 13

withdrawal

Answer 13

• participants can choose to stop participating and/or to withdraw their data
• psychologists deal with it by right to withdraw

Question 14

confidentiality

Answer 14

A legal requirement that all information obtained is confidential

Question 15

protection of participants

Answer 15

protection from physical and psychological harm