So, to conduct an experiment you really ought to be fair and reasonable and honest...blahblah. Yeah whatever! Well, anyways; here is what the 9 key areas of ethics are
1) WITHDRAWAL - It needs to be explicit to your study/investigation that your participant is able to withdraw from theirexperiment if they wish to do so, i.e. that they are able toget their *** thehell out before some crazy guy recreates a 'Milgram' experiment again...
2)DECEPTION - By this I mean that an experimenter must not falsely trick (decieve)their participant into thinking they are investigating onething, when they are really investigating another.For example, we can say that my old buddy Milgram decievedthe 'teacher' as he made him falsely believe that he was administering electric shocks onto the 'learner'; when it was really a taped voice etc.
3) PROTECTION - Has the experimenter/investigator protected his/her participants from physical and mental harm during the experiment?
4) ADVICE - LOL! I didn't know this until quite recently, but the experimenter/investigator must be a qualified in their area of expertise (perhaps; undertaking their MA or phD) in Psychology in order to give advice to their participant.
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