ETHICS

• BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY CODE OF ETHICS?

  1. Respect
  2. Competence
  3. Responsibility
  4. Integrity
• ETHICAL ISSUES ACRONYM?

  CRISP
• ETHICAL ISSUES?

  1. Confidentiality, Anonymity and Privacy
  2. Right to Withdraw
  3. Informed Consent and deception
  4. Socially Sensitive Research
  5. Protection from Harm
• WHAT DOES CONFIDENTIALITY, ANONYMITY AND PRIVACY MEAN?

  • participant data should not be disclosed
  • numbers instead of names
  • confidential vs anonymous data
  • participants can control information about themselves
• WHAT DOES RIGHT TO WITHDRAW MEAN?

  • participants should be aware of right to withdraw at any point (even after study)
  • when asking for consent they must be reminded
• WHAT DOES INFORMED CONSENT AND DECEPTION MEAN?

  • making participants aware of aim, procedure, rights and data usage
  • should have detailed information
  • if under 16, parental consent required
  • if under the influence (alcohol/ drugs) cannot give informed consent
  • when deception is needed consent must still be gained ethically
• THREE WAYS TO DEAL WITH DECEPTION?

  prior general, presumptive and retrospective consent
• WHAT IS SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH?

  • any experiment with potential consequences for participants/ groups they represent
• WHAT DOES PROTECTION FROM HARM MEAN?

  • participants must leave research in same physical/ mental state they started in
  • must be protected from psychological and physical harm
  • offered counselling/ further support
• HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF INFORMED CONSENT AND DECEPTION?

  consent form, debrief, prior general/ presumptive/ retrospective
• HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF PROTECTION FROM HARM?

  participants should be informed that their behaviour was 'normal', offered counselling
• HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF CONFIDENTIALITY, ANONYMITY AND PRIVACY?

  participant details not shared, not called by real name
• HOW TO DEAL WITH ISSUE OF RIGHT TO WITHDRAW?

  reminded at the beginning and end
• HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH?

  take careful consideration when designing experiment
• PURPOSE OF A DEBRIEF?

  overcome deception
• WHAT IS DECEPTION?

  lying/ withholding information
• WHAT MUST YOU WRITE ABOUT IN A DEBRIEF?

  • research aim
  • information about any confederates
  • information about any other condition
• WHAT SHOULD YOU WRITE ABOUT IN A DEBRIEF?

  • right to withdraw
  • opportunity to ask questions
  • information will be kept confidential
• WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN A DEBRIEF?

  study results
• WHAT IS A BRIEF?

  something given to participants at the beginning of an experiment when explaining instructions