ETHICS
- Created by: Shumaira Ahmed
- Created on: 16-11-21 10:12
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- Ethics: A moral code that psychologists follow in order to protect participants + experimenters.
- Respect
- Informed Consent: The participant must give official and explicit consent to take part.
- Right to Withdraw: The participant must have the right to withdraw from the experiment at any time, and should know of this right.
- Confidentiality: Personal details or private results gained must be kept confidential and anonymous unless the participant consents to otherwise.
- Responsiblity
- Protection from harm: The experiment must not physically or psychologically damage the participant or cause long term changes.
- Debrief: After an experiment where the aim has been unclear, researchers + psychologists must make it very clear to the participants what the actual aim of the study is and answer any questions that participants have or feel uncomfortable about.
- Competence
- Psychologists must provide the services (academic or training) to
a high ability where specialist knowledge is concerned.
- E.g. psychologists should consider how to care for participants and any skills they must have whilst running the experiment.
- Psychologists must provide the services (academic or training) to
a high ability where specialist knowledge is concerned.
- Integrity
- Deception: Researchers must be honest in their acts and the outcomes of the
experiments itself.
- Whilst some information may need to be hidden (the aim, for methodological reasons) participants should not be lied to/ deceived for no reason.
- Deception: Researchers must be honest in their acts and the outcomes of the
experiments itself.
- Respect
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