1.07 Flashcards
Critical Thinking
Making reasoned judgments about claims.
Evaluating a scientific article or a commercial ad.
Ethical Principles
The code of conduct and philosophies designed to employ a standard of morality for research subjects, patients, and clients.
Basic right and wrong of what we should do to people.
Leaving a child alone in a store to see how it reacts could be mentally and emotion damaging therefore it would be considered unethical.
Deception
Lying. Participants can be deceived, but they must be debriefed after the study and it must be necessary as part of the study.
Lying to protect the results of the study.
Harm
The researcher may not mentally or physically harm the participants.
Leaving a child alone in a store to see how it reacts could be mentally and emotion damaging therefore it would be considered unethical. Mental harm could be caused to the child.
Confidentiality
All private and person information is kept confidential.
Experimenter will not give patients name and/or information when discussing the experiment.
Consent
The participants must provide clear, informed consent in writing to participate in the study and they are free to withdraw from the study at any time.
They have to give the experimenter permission to experiment on them, and they can leave whenever they want.