4 Ethical Guidelines For Psychology Research

Question 0

Data fabrication

Answer 0

An ethical problem that occurs when researchers invent data that fit their hypotheses.

Question 1

Beneficence

Answer 1

An ethical principle from the Belmont report stating that researchers must take precautions to protect participants from harm and to promote participants’ well-being.

Question 2

Data falsification

Answer 2

An ethical problem that occurs when researchers influences study’s results, perhaps by deleting observations from a data set or by influencing their research subjects to act the hypothesized way.

Question 3

Debrief

Answer 3

To inform participants afterword about a study’s true nature, details, and hypotheses.

Question 4

Deception

Answer 4

The withholding of some details of the study from participants (deception through omission) for the active actively lying to them (deception through commission).

Question 5

Informed consent

Answer 5

Research participants’ right to learn about a research project, know its risks and benefits, and decide whether to participate.

Question 6

Institutional review board (IRB)

Answer 6

A committee responsible for ensuring that research on humans is conducted ethically.

Question 7

Justice

Answer 7

An ethical principle from the Belmont Report calling for a fair balance between the kinds of people who participate in research and the kinds of people who benefit from it.

Question 8

Plagiarism

Answer 8

The representation of the ideas or words of others as one’s own.

Question 9

Respect for persons

Answer 9

An ethical principle from the Belmont Report stating that research participants should be treated as autonomous agents that certain groups deserves special protections.