Risk management techniques

• There is huge potential for psychological harm to occur. Therefore psychologists have developed many ways to reduce this risk for many.
• Risk management sought out by milligram

  Negated any ethical costs by using the technique of debriefing after the study and offering counselling afterwards. This allowed the participants to return to the same psychological state they were in before the study
• milgram 


  a further poll after the study suggested that individuals even benefited form the study as it allowed them to learn more about themselves.
• to endure that participants also dont go through any psychological harm now, any study must be assessed an ethics committee 


   This is a panel of experts who examine proposals for psychological research and make decisions on whether to allow the study to go ahead.

   They will weigh up the potential benefits of the study against any potential ethical costs.

   If a psychologist were to behave unethically, they may be banned from practicing psychology
• The BPS guidelines
• The British Psychological Society (BPS) publish guidelines for ethical research. The guidelines are based on the principles of respect, competence, responsibility and integrity.