Ethics

• Informed consent


  • briefing at start of the study
  • aware that they can leave at any point
  • not pressured to take part
  • made aware of what is going to happen
• Confidentiality


  • not disclosed without permission
• Deception


  • not deliberately misled or withold information from Ps
• Protection from harm


  • psychological and physical
• Debriefing


  • reveal witheld details throughout duration of study
  • given option to withdraw
• Issues


  • revealing it all before study can damage results as theyll guess aims and respond to demand characteristics
  • Ps that may not be in right state to give consent
  • may need to push Ps to get results, e.g. Milgram
  • informed consent - one way to deal is to ask for consent from a similar group of Ps to the ones you are studying to presume consent