Ethical costs of conducting research

Question 1

2 points for the benefits to individual pps

Answer 1

• Clinical trials

- Infamous studies like Milgrams obiedence to authority

Question 2

How do Clinical trials benefit an individual

Answer 2

• They have their symptoms reduced (schizophrenia)

- Placebo effects make them better

Question 3

How was Milgrams study of benefit to an individual

Answer 3

• many pps said they were glad to be part of the research and felt they learned something

Question 4

2 points for the costs to individual pps

Answer 4

• Pps that take part in clinical trials are vulnerbale individuals
• Ethical costs were high in Milgrams research

Question 5

How are pps in clinical trials at risk

Answer 5

• risk of harm from side effects

- deception through double blind trials

Question 6

How were pps in Milgrams study at risk

Answer 6

• Deception
• Physical and psych harm
• Issues with right to withdraw due to prods

Question 7

Points for benefits to society and the economy

Answer 7

• Clinical drug trials lead to successful treatments for psychological disorders
• Bowlbys research
• Prevents undesirable behaviour

Question 8

Points for clinical trials being good for economy and society

Answer 8

• Clozapine reduces schizophrenia
• ## Drugs cheaper than CBT

Question 9

Points for Bowlby being good for economy and society

Answer 9

• Improves the care children get so they grow up healthier

Question 10

Points for psych research preventing undesirable behaviour being good for economy and society

Answer 10

• Stanford prison experiment and Milgrams findings will help prevent events like holocaust occuring again

Question 11

Points for costs to society and the economy

Answer 11

• drugs very expensive
• Bowlby attachment theory puts pressure on mothers to stay at home
• Prison reform on global level would be required to implement zimbardos research
• Research into sensitive topics has social consequences

Question 12

Points for drugs being expensive

Answer 12

• mental health treatment costs £22.5 billion a year

- masks symptoms rather than treating underlying cause

Question 13

Points for Bowlby attachment theory puts pressure on mothers to stay at home

Answer 13

• Women cant keep their jobs

Question 14

Points for Prison reform

Answer 14

• Would be very costly economically, socially and politically

Question 15

Points for Research into sensitive topics has social consequences

Answer 15

• Can impact on individuals and their family

Question 16

4 principles in BPS guidlines

Answer 16

• Respect
• Competance
• Responsibility
• Integrity