What event caused the development of research ethics
In WW2 Natzis made prisoners in concentration camps and jails participant in harmful studies. So the Nuremberg code was developed to protect participants
Define research methods
The use and application of moral principles and practice in the context of research using human participants
What are the risks of research x4
- ) Physical harm
- ) psychological harm
- ) wasting participants time for no purpose
- ) misinterpretation or misuse of research outcomes
What are the benefits of research x3
- ) Academic impact: building theory
- ) real world impact: improve practice
- ) personal benefit: insight into self and world
What are the 4 principles in the BPS codes of research ethics
- ) Respect the autonomy, privacy and dignity of individuals
- ) Maximise benefit, minimise harm
- ) Maintain scientific integrity
- ) Maintain social responsibility
What specific ethical considerations link to BPS principle respect to autonomy, privacy and dignity
- ) Informed consent to participant
- ) Freedom for coercion
- ) Confidentiality
- ) Anonymity
- ) Debriefing
Define confidentiality
Maintenance of participants privacy
Define anonymity
Cant identify individuals for their responses
What specific ethical consideration links to BPS principle maximising benefit, minimising harm
Minimise risk of physical and psychological harm
What specific ethical consideration links to BPS principle scientific integrity
Contribution of knowledge and insight by making a novel contribution to theory, methodology or practice
What specific ethical consideration links to BPS principle social responsibility
Avoid misuse or interpretation of results
Define passive deception
Withholding full truth or key pieces of relevant information
Define active deception
Intentionally misinforming participants about the true state of affairs in a study
What are the ethical issues with deception x4
- ) Violates the principle of fully informed consent
- ) Participants may experience distress or shame that they were fooled
- ) Participants may leave the study with misleading information (fake views of themselves, others or society)
- ) Participants may mistrust the researcher or authority
Why do we need to use deception sometimes x2
- ) We want to study honest responses
2. ) Active deception helps to maximise researcher control and experimental realism by faking a real world event
