Ethical issues Flashcards
What are ethical issues?
A conflict between participant rights and researcher’s needs to gain valuable and meaningful findings.
What is the BPS code of ethics?
A legal document produced by the British Psychological Society (BPS) that instructs psychologists in the UK about what behaviour is and isn’t acceptable when dealing with participants.
What are the 4 founding principles of the BPS code of ethics?
Respect, competence, responsibility, integrity.
What are the four major ethical issues?
Informed consent, deception, protection from harm and privacy and confidentiality.
Define informed consent.
Participants must be given comprehensive information concerning the aims of the research and their role in it so they can make an informed decision about whether to participate.
Define deception.
A participant is not told the true aims of a study so cannot give truly informed consent.
Define protection from harm.
Participants must not be exposed to any negative physical or psychological effects than they would in their normal day.
Define privacy.
The right to control information about yourself.
Define confidentiality.
Concerns the communication of personal information, from one person to another and the trust that the information will be protected.
Describe a way to overcome issues with informed consent.
Participants issued with consent letter detailing relevant info. That might affect their decision to participate.
Should be made aware of their right to withdraw.
