Ethics

• Name the 6 ethical guidelines:

  • Informed consent
  • Debrief
  • Confidentiality
  • Deception
  • Rights to Withdraw
  • Protection of PPS
• What is an Acronym to remember this?

  Can Do, Can't Do With Participants.

  The first letter of each word correlates with a ethical issue.
• What is Informed Consent?

  Informed Consent is gained before a study begins, asking people if they are happy to participate.
• Debriefing is essential at the end of research to ensure participants are happy to leave the study, and are in the same state they entered in.
• What is confidentiality?

  Participants have the right to remain anonymous.

  Ensures all participants details are kept private and not published in the final report.
• What is deception?

  Deception is ensuring participants are fully aware of the intention of the study.

  However, many studies will deceive participants from the true aim.
• What is Right to Withdraw?

  Gives participants the right to leave at any time, with no further consequences and withdraw their data.
• What is Protection of Participants?

  Ensuring participants feel safety and their well-being is kept mentally and physically stable while they are involved in and after the research study.
• When do ethical issues arise?

  • When a conflict arises between pps' rights and the researchers' needs to gain objective and measurable findings.
  • When ethics are broke.
• How to write a consent form?

  • All details need to be provided so they can give valid consent.
  • Give participants assurance they will be protected.
  • Remind them they have right to withdraw and ask questions even after research is done.
  • Language + Wording needs to be clear and precise.
• How to write debrief statement?

  • Full debrief of experiment.
  • Reminder of Right to Withdraw + Contact Info to ask additional questions if needed.
  • Keep details confidential.
  • Give them a chance to ask questions even after the experiment finished.
  • Clear and precise language.
• Ethical guidelines are written in a code of conduct stating how psychological research should be carried out.
• the purpose of a code of conduct in psychological research is to ensure ethical standards are followed, protect the rights and well-being of participants, and maintain the integrity of the research process.
• Informed consent in psychological research is the process of obtaining voluntary and knowledgeable agreement from participants before they take part in a study, ensuring they are aware of purpose, procedures, risks and benefits involved.
• Protection from harm is the most important ethical guideline.
• Protection of harm ensures that participants are free from mental stress or harm.
• Invasion of privacy is considered an important ethical guideline in research to protect the rights and autonomy of individuals and to maintain trust and confidentiality in the research process.
• During a debriefing participants are given the opportunity to ask questions, seek clarification or support.
• The purpose of debriefing at the end is to provide participants with info about the study's objectives, procedures and any potential risks or benefits they may have experienced.
• The Code of Ethics was established by the British Psychological Society.
• Studies must undergo an extensive review by an institutional review board(US) or ethics committee(UK) before they are implemented.
• Ethical guidelines are written in a code of conduct stating how psychological research should be carried out.
• Informed consent is gained before a study begins, asking people if they are happy to participate.
• The purpose of a code of conduct in psychological research is to ensure ethical standards are followed, protect the rights and well-being of participants, and maintain the integrity of the research process.
• Informed consent, confidentiality, debriefing, and protection from harm are examples of ethical guidelines in psychological research.
• Informed consent in psychological research is the process of obtaining voluntary and knowledgeable agreement from participants before they take part in a study, ensuring they are aware of the purpose, procedures, risks, and benefits involved.
• Deception is an ethical guideline to ensure participants are fully aware of the intention of the study. However many studies will deceive participants from the true aim.
• Right to withdraw is given to participants before the procedure begins.
• Right to withdraw gives participants the right to leave at any time, with no further consequences.
• Confidentiality ensures participants have the right to remain anonymous.
• Confidentiality ensures all participant details are kept private and not published in the final report.
• Debriefing is essential at the end of research to ensure participants are happy to leave the study, and are in the same state they entered in.
• Invasion of privacy ensures that participants have the right to keep personal information private. It also prevents researchers from delving too much into their private life.
• Protection from harm is the most important ethical guideline.
• Protection from harm ensures that participants are free from physical and mental stress or harm.
• Invasion of privacy is considered an important ethical guideline in research to protect the rights and autonomy of individuals and to maintain trust and confidentiality in the research process.
• Protection from harm is considered the most important ethical guideline because it ensures the well-being and safety of individuals, preventing unnecessary suffering.
• During a debriefing participants are given the opportunity to ask questions, seek clarification or support.
• The purpose of debriefing at the end of a research study is to provide participants with information about the study's objectives, procedures, and any potential risks or benefits they may have experienced.
• Ethics refers to the correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research. Researchers have a moral responsibility to protect research participants from harm.