Ethics - Research Methods (Paper Two Chapter Six)

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  • Ethics in Research
    • Key Issues
      • Confidentiality - telling the participant their information will be kept private, including name and results
        • addressed in the brief and debrief
      • Deception - not lying to the participants about the true aims of the study
        • an exception is when revealing the true aims would not result in a realistic finding
          • true aims should be told in the debrief
      • Right to withdraw -assuring the participants that they can leave at any time and withdraw their results at the end
        • told in the brief, instructions and debrief
  • Informed consent - telling participants what the study is about and letting them decide whether they want to partake
    • participants under 16 or adults with impairments should give consent with a guardians consent too
    • Key Issues
      • Confidentiality - telling the participant their information will be kept private, including name and results
        • addressed in the brief and debrief
      • Deception - not lying to the participants about the true aims of the study
        • an exception is when revealing the true aims would not result in a realistic finding
          • true aims should be told in the debrief
      • Right to withdraw -assuring the participants that they can leave at any time and withdraw their results at the end
        • told in the brief, instructions and debrief
    • gained in the brief
  • Protection from harm - not doing anything that will mentally or physically harm the participants
    • signs of distress should stop the study
    • assured in the brief and assessed in the debrief
  • Brief - comes before the study, involving: introduction
    • gain consent
    • give brief details without hypothosis
    • explain that they can withdraw anytime
    • introduce self
    • Planning
      • Standardised instructions - all participants are given the same clear instructions, that may be different due to conditions
      • Ethics in Research
      • assure confidentiality and that they won't come to any harm
    • Debrief - a way to correct ethical breaches, thus done at the end of the study
      • a thank you
      • ask if they came to any harm during the study
      • ask if they wish to withdraw results
      • reveal the hypothesis and other conditions (if any)
      • ask if they have any questions
      • assure confidentiality
      • Planning
        • Standardised instructions - all participants are given the same clear instructions, that may be different due to conditions

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