Ethical Implications

Question 1

What are ethical implications?

Answer 1

Consider the impact/consequences that psychological research has on the rights of other people, not just the participants.

Question 2

What is social sensetivity?

Answer 2

Used to describe studies where there are potential social consequences for the participants or the group of people represented by the research.

Question 3

Give an example of research that has ethical implications.

Answer 3

-Bowlby’s theory of attachment.
It has encouraged the view that a woman’s place is at home with her children, which could make some mothers feel guilty for wanting to return to work following childbirth.

Question 4

What are the 4 aspects in the scientific research process that raise ethical implications?

Answer 4

1. The research question
2. The methodology used
3. The institutional context
4. Interpretation and application of findings

Question 5

Socially sensitive research can lead to…

Answer 5

…discrimination.