Ethical Issues

• Deception: deliberately misleading or withholding information from participants at any stage of the investigation
• Informed Consent: Making pp aware of the aims and purposes of a study, so that they know what they are letting themselves in for.
• Confidentiality: concerns communication of personal information (researchers should refer to participants on a case study as their initials
• BPS Code of Conduct: British psychology society, a set of ethical guiltiness when conducting research
• Protection From Harm: participants should not be placed at anymore risk that they would be in their daily lives 
• Ethical issues facts:

  • Harm may not be apparent at the same time of the study
  • Participants have the right to withdraw partway of the investigation if they wish. Participants should not be judged or coerced
  • From a researcher a POV asking for informed consent may make the study meaningless, as participant behaviour will not be natural as the aims of the study are known
  • Researchers should also offer the right to withdraw data participation
• Ethical issues facts 2:

  • Causes them to guess the aims of the study and change behaviour (demand characteristics)
  • Participants should be fully debriefed after and the beginning of the study has taken place. So that they know they have the right to withdraw from the study if they feel distressed
  • Should only be used when it is approved by the ethics committee