Ethical implications of reaserch studies and theory

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whose responsibiluty is it over how the reaserch conducted is used?
The investigator/ reasercher
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Who produced the first landmark papaer on ethical issues related to reaserch and its social consequences?
Sieber and Stanley (1988)
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what did Sieber and Stanley (1988) conclude?
the APA reffered only to the social implications of reaserch but offered no advice on how ethical issues may be resolved
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Which four aspects of reaserch did Sieber and Stanley (1988) hypothosises that ethical issues may occur?
The reaserch question, conduct of reaserch and treatment of pps, the institutional context and the interpretation and application of findings
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how might the reaserch question raise ethichal considerations?
anything that adds scientific credability to an existing prejudice may be damaging to memebers of that community
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What examples are there of potential unethical reaserch questions?
Does IQ vary according to race and ethnicity? or Is homosexuality inherited?
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Why are ATC campaining for reaserch to be avalible to the public?
this would combat the selective publication of reaserch by institutions that find that peice of reaseerch favorble
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Why are ATC campaining for reaserch to be preregistered?
it would mean the reaserchers decalring what type of statistical test they will use in order to limit the prior manipulation of stats tests to influnece results
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what ethical implications are involved in the interpretation and application of findings?
Data produced by reaserch may be used for purposes other than its original intention
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What examples are there of the subsequent misuse of research?
The US army used the IQ test to idnetify and sterlise "feeble minded" people
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Sieber and Stanley (1988) also identified 10 types of ethical issues related to socially sensetive reaserch, what are the first 5?
Privecy, confedentiality valid methodology, deception and informed concent.
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Sieber and Stanley (1988) also identified 10 types of ethical issues related to socially sensetive reaserch, what are the second 5?
Equitable treatment, scientific freedom, ownership of data, vlaues and the risk benefit ratio.
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What are the ethical implications of privecy?
A skilled investigator may extract more information thatn the PPs was comfortable giving. some reserarch may lead to intervention into peoples private lives (eg. AIDS and compulsery testing)
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What are the ethical implications of confetenditality?
PPs would be less willing to divulge information in the future if confidentiality is breached. this may invalidate further related reaserch.
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What are the ethical implications of valid methodology?
while scintists may be aware of the methodoogical drawbacks of certain peices of reaserch the press and general public are not. this may lead to poor studies shaping public conceptions or even social policy
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What are the ethical implications of deception?
Deception includes self deception where reaserchers may lead people to form untrue stereotypes such as "women are bad at driving"
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What are the ethical implications of informed concent?
piotential pps may not always comprahend what is involved in the study
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What are the ethical implications of equitable treatment?
all pps should be treated equitably which means resaerchers should not withold from some what they might offer others such as oppertunity for education
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What are the ethical implications of scintific freedom?
The resercher has a to balance their duty to engage in free scinetific research and their responsability to protect the pps
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What are the ethical implications of ownership of data?
there is often tension between who owns the data, ususally between those who carry out the reaserch and its sponsers
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What are the ethical implications of values?
as psychologist differ in oriantation between idiographic and scintific approaches, there may be tension between the reasercher and the reipient of data
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What are the ethical implications of Risk/benefit ratio?
both should be wheighed equally before and experiment however there is an implicit bias towards the benefit.
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