Ethical Issues and ways of dealing with them Flashcards
What are Ethical Issues?
An issue that may go against an individuals’ rights or wishes
What are the six Ethical Issues?
Deception, Informed Consent, Protection from Psychological harm, Privacy, Right to Withdraw, Confidentiality
How to gain consent from children/vulnerable people for an investigation?
Need to collect Informed Consent from a parent/guardian or trusted individual
What is Cost-benefit analysis?
When the cost of the participant must be less than the benefit to research
What is informed consent?
When participants need to be given comprehensive information based on the research and their role in it, in order for them to agree to take part
What is deception?
When the participants are not told the full aims of the study, can be fixed with a debrief
What is Protection from Psychological harm?
When participants should leave the research in the same condition in which they arrived, should not be exposed to any physical/mental harm
What is confidentiality?
All data provided should be kept anonymous unless consent is given
What is privacy?
Participants should only be observed where they have given their permission, however it is okay to observe without permission if it could cause a change to their natural behaviour
What is Right to Withdraw?
Participants have the right to leave the study and to take their data along with them
Why can deception be seen as a ‘good’ thing in experiments?
Participants will provide a more natural response to a stimuli, there is no bias in results
