Ethics

• What are the 5 ethical issues of research?

  informed consent.

  
  

  Deception.

  Right to withdraw.

  Protection from harm.

  Confidentiality.
• What is socially sensitive research?

  Socially sensitive research is applied to research linked to a controversial social issue, we call it sensitive because of its risk of harming society as a whole, or groups within society.
• Who investigated socially sensitive research?

  Stanley and sieber.
• What are the 5 ways that research can be damaging?

  If the question lends credibility to prejudice.

  
  

  Confidentiality when conducting research.

  
  

  Deception when conducting research.

  
  

  The institutional context.

  
  

  The interpretations.
• Outline how the questions asked in socially sensitive research can be damaging.

  Psychologists should consider the consequences to their questions e.g. are there racial differences in intelligence, as societies may have a predujice that some races are more intellligent due to their genes, which is something we are trying to move on from. If scientists publish research about it it could turn the predujice into a legitimate area for debate. This can inflame a seriously damaging conflict between minorities.