Ethical costs of conducting research
- Created by: Mbegum
- Created on: 09-01-19 01:04
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- Ethics
- Benefits to society & economy
- benefits to society
- psychoactive drugs = treat mental disorders
- McCrone report
- direct cost of mental health in England
- £22.5 billion
- medication = > economic gain VS psychological therapies
- £22.5 billion
- direct cost of mental health in England
- Bowlby
- < emphasis on emo care
- in early child care
- past belief = physical care only necessary
- this belief = still present in some parts of the world
- past belief = physical care only necessary
- in early child care
- < emphasis on emo care
- benefits to society
- Individual Participants
- Watson & Rayner
- high cost - to little Albert
- deliberately subjected to psych harm
- may have had long-lasting effect
- moved away = before debrief
- may have had long-lasting effect
- deliberately subjected to psych harm
- major demo = emo can be learnt
- Russ Powell et al
- suggests
- Albert = might have had
- lifelong aversion to animals
- Albert = might have had
- suggests
- high cost - to little Albert
- Milgrams study
- PTs
- said =
- taught them important life lesson
- can never really debrief after experiment like that
- caused to re-evaluate whole life
- realised vunerability to authority
- said =
- big impact on views of obedience
- people shocked by
- extent willing to harm others
- people shocked by
- PTs
- Watson & Rayner
- Negative consequences for society
- asking research question
- e.g
- are there racial difference in IQ
- is homosexuality inherited
- damaging to members of particular race/sexual orientation
- because appears to add scientific credibility to prevailing prejudice just by asking
- e.g
- Not conducting research
- may have negative outcome for society
- Sieber & Stanley
- brought attention to studies
- w/ social consequence / implications
- on PTs or indiv represented
- w/ social consequence / implications
- brought attention to studies
- participating in research
- socially sensitive research
- increase chance of indirect impact on PTs
- always some social conseq
- socially sensitive research
- What is the solution?
- Avoid socially sensitive research
- psychs = bored w/ only unimportant issues
- Sieber & Stanley
- ignoring sensitive research
- not responsible approach to science
- suggest
- avoiding controversial topics
- also avoiding responsibility
- avoiding controversial topics
- psychs duty
- to conduct sensitive research
- but be aware of results
- can lead to abuse / discrimination
- but be aware of results
- to conduct sensitive research
- ignoring sensitive research
- Avoid socially sensitive research
- asking research question
- Risk management techniques used by psychs
- British psychological society code of conduct & ethics
- 4 core principles
- responsibility
- competence
- intergrity
- respect
- also provides advice on specific situations
- give instuctions for what's most appropriate
- 4 core principles
- psychs managing ethical risks
- via development of prof fuidlines
- for conducting studies
- via development of prof fuidlines
- Canadian Psychological society
- criticism of ethical guidelines
- close off discussion
- discourage indiv from taking responsiblity for their behav
- VS stating ethical principles
- emphasises ethical decision-making
- provides hypothetical ethical ilemmas
- encouraging psychs to open up discussions
- criticism of ethical guidelines
- British psychological society code of conduct & ethics
- Benefits to society & economy
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