Ethics

• what is the most important and overarching rule in psycology

  do no harm
• what is the NS on EC in HR

  National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Reasorces
• who is the Ethics commitee


  a group who independantly review reaserch proposals to ensure it meets all relevant ethical requirements
• informed concent

  ensures participants are aware of all potential risks and costs
• withdrawal rights

  the participant must be able to withdraw at any point in and after the experiment without consequence
• what is deception in reaserch

  intentiaonally misleading participants by giving them false information or ommiting information about purpouse of reaserch
• what are exeptions for deception in reaserch

  if knowlage of reaserch would affect participants behavior towords event (benifits outweight risks)
• what is confientiallity in reaserch

  refers to participants right to privacy, participants must be informed about anyone who will have access to their information
• what is privacy in reaserch

  about protecting participants identity and protecting participants from unwanted intrusion into their private lives by collecting only relevant information
• voluntary participation

  participant must voluntarily decide to participate with no pressure to participate
• debreifing

  deception must be explained to participants with script and must get all participants written consent agiain
• why are animals used in reaserch

  to provide reaserchers with important info and allowes for natural and unbiased behavior to be observed
• what is the code in australia for the care and use of animals in reaserch

  the three r's - replacement, reduction and redefinement
• what is the role of ethics in psycological reaserch

  to ensure safty and wellbeing of participants, both physical and psycological
• what is replacement in animal reaserch

  if part of the experiment can be done without animals at anypoint in the exeriment it must be done
• what is reduction in animal reaserch

  the number of animals used in a project must be the minimum to achive the stats needed for the experiment
• what is redifinement in animal reaserch

  alliviate potential pain and distress and enhance wellbeing
• ethics around animal reaserch

  animals have 'no voice' and cannot concent or withdraw from an experiment