Ethical implications

• Topics linking to debate

  • Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment (social influence)
  • Socially sensitive research - racial IQ test
  • Role of the father (attachment)
• Issue overview

  Psychological research may have a real impact on the lives of those studied and other similar groups that the pps represent. The main issue here is whether research that may affect vulnerable groups is worthwhile
• Ethical implications

  Issues that psychological research may impact the rights of other people, especially the pps, when the research is published. Includes implications at societal level like how research may influence public policy and/or the way certain groups are regarded.
• Socially sensitive research

  Studies where there are potential consequences or implications, either directly for the pps in the research or for the class of individuals represented by the research.