Ethical Cost Of Research - Debate

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

• it is a debate that psychological research that benefits many people, outweighs the ethical cost to individual participant or even society
• where others argue that psychological research has any ethical costs to participants, isn’t justified.
• In reality while both sides can agree that psychological research has ethical costs as well as benefits, the disagreement is about the subjective degree of these costs and benefits

Question 2

Potentially negative consequences for society - point and example

Answer 2

• some research conducted can be considered as socially sensitive - this is when research findings have negative consequence for the groups in society that the finding represent.
• one example of socially sensitive research is bowlbys theory of maternal deprivation. This theory suggests that the lack of maternal care will enable children to adopt bad behaviours and that an intimate and consistent relationship with a mother figure is necessary for healthy psychological emotional development

Question 3

Potentially negative consequence for society - counter and link back

Answer 3

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