ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS

Question 1

what are ethical implications?

Answer 1

impact of psychological research in terms of rights of ppts at societal levels, influencing public policy and the way people are regarded

Question 2

_______ ___________ protect those in research

Answer 2

ethical guidelines

Question 3

researchers have little say in…

Answer 3

how findings are represented in media, impact on public policy and how influence perceptions of certain groups in society

Question 4

what is social sensitivity?

Answer 4

study potential consequences / impact for ppts of study

Question 5

who was social sensitivity found by?

Answer 5

seiber and stanley

Question 6

what did Aronson find about ss research?

Answer 6

doesn’t mean psychologists should avoid it but have a responsibility to carry it out

Question 7

who found that psychologists have responsibility to carry out ss research?

Answer 7

Aronson

Question 8

who found the 3 ethical issues of ss research?

Answer 8

seiber and stanley

Question 9

what 3 ethical issues did seiber and stanley find?

Answer 9

1. implications
2. public policy
3. validity of research

Question 10

implication of ss research

Answer 10

wider effect should be considered as some studies give scientific credibility to discrimination/prejudice

Question 11

uses of public policy of ss research

Answer 11

research can be used for wrong purposes e.g. political or shape public policy

Question 12

validity of ss research

Answer 12

some objective findings in past are sus and modern social constructionist researchers who are ss are more upfront about bias/preconceptions

Question 13

3 eval points for ethical implications

Answer 13

+ provides greater understanding
+ sieber and stanley research
+ high external valid

Question 14

how do ethical implications provide greater understanding?

Answer 14

P - helps provide greater understanding
E- helps reduce prejudice and encourage acceptance
E - ss has benefited society e.g. research into unreliability of EWT reduced risk of miscarriages of justice within the legal system
L- increases PA and EC as shows how research affects population and how ss has valuable role in society

Question 15

how is sieber and stanley’s research a strength of ethical implications?

Answer 15

P- S&S warn the way that research questions are phrased and investigated influence way in which findings of interpreted
E - cross-cult research blighted w/ cult superiority and ethnocentrism, Kitzinger and Coyle found research into ‘alt relationships’ guilty of heterosexual bias where homos are judged by heterosexuals
E - suggests investigators must approach research w/ ‘open mind’ and be prepeared to have preconceptions challenged to avoid misrepresenting minority groups
L - IV of research is increased if steps are taken by researchers

Question 16

how is ss research used to shape policy?

Answer 16

P - a strength of ethical imp is that ss research is used to shape policy without fully considering effects of environment on characteristics such as intelligence
E - 1950’s research into persuasive effect of subliminal msgs used by marketing companies to advertise products
E - Packard made it up showing how research can affect public despite not being true
L - research that seeks to manip has ethical imp and raises issue of who benefits from it, EV of ss research is increased