Ethical Guidelines, Peer Review

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what to do ethical issues do?
aim to keep the welfare of PP safe
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what 6 does the British Psychological Society (BPS) code of ethics set out?
-deception
-right to withdraw
-informed consent
-privacy
-confidentiality
-protection from harm
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what is deception?
when info is purposely withheld from PP- informed consent not kept- debrief and remind pp they have right to withdraw
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what is the right to withdraw?
removing themselves from the experiment- protection from harm broken if not reminded-pp should be fully debriefed at the end
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what is informed consent? and what are the different types of consent?
aims of experiment should be known to pp- lack of informed consent
presumptive consent- taking a random sample of population, introducing them to research w deception, getting consent, which is then-
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-generalised to whole population
-prior general consent- pp taken part in deception research loads times before
-retrospective consent- pp giving consent after taking part
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-children as pp- getting parents to sign on behalf of them
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what is privacy?
right of individuals to decide how info about them will be used- possibility of invasion of privacy- informed consent, remit of right to withdraw, reminder of confidentiality
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what is confidentiality?
pp know personal info is protected under the law and data act, use anonymity to protect PP
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what is protection from harm?
researchers have to protect pp from physical and psychological harm, risk must be no greater then what the experience in everyday life- pp should be reminded right to withdraw, and be debriefed
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what. is peer review?
takes place before a study is published where other researchers read a study and criticise the work
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why is this done?
-to say if it should be published or not
-to check validity of research is if high quality
-to check method
-to judge research in wider context of human behaviour
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-to assess work for originality
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name the evaluations
-as it is anonymous, there is a possibility rivals will try to over-criticise instead of having a non bias view
-difficult to find suitable peer, resulting in publishing bias
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+prevents any substandard research from entering mainstream, protecting reputation of psychology
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what 6 does the British Psychological Society (BPS) code of ethics set out?

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-deception
-right to withdraw
-informed consent
-privacy
-confidentiality
-protection from harm

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what is deception?

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what is the right to withdraw?

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what is informed consent? and what are the different types of consent?

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