ethical issues

• ethical issue: informed consent - participants must be told the purpose and the risks of the experiment so they can make an informed decision about whether to participate

  how to deal with it: gaining formal consent prior to the experiment starting

  presumptive consent- assuming they would consent by askinga group of similar people
• ethical issue deception: deliberately witholding info from participants or misleading them

  how to deal with it: participants should be fully debfriefed at the end and told the true purpose of the study

  and should have option to discuss any concerns and withdraw data (retrospective consent)
• ethical issue: protection from harm - the researcher must make sure all participants don't experience physical or psychological harm during the study

  solution: offer counselling of necessary and make sure they have the right to withdraw if they feel they may be harmed
• ethical issue: privacy - participants have a right to control information about themselves and how much its used

  solution:

  don't study anyone without their informed consent unless in a public place and public behaviour
• ethical issue : confedentiality - right participants have which concerns any personal data of theirs being protected

  solution :anonymity can be maintained- don't record or share any personal details like names of participants so it can't be traced back to them

  use numbers or false names to represent individual participants
• The BPS Code of Ethics are a set of guidelines which have been outlined by the British Psychological Society for anyone carrying out psychological research in the UK.

  There are four ethical principles which are the main domains of responsibility for consideration by researchers; respect, competence, responsibility and integrity.