ethical - social sensitivity

Question 1

What are 5 key ethical issues?

Answer 1

protection from harm
confidentiality and privacy
deception
informed consent
value and risk benefit

Question 2

What study has no protection from harm?

Answer 2

Zimbardo, Milgram

Question 3

what study has no confidentiality?

Answer 3

HM, KF, Romanian Orphans

Question 4

what study is deceptive?

Answer 4

Milgram, EWT

Question 5

what study lacks informed consent?

Answer 5

zimbardo

Question 6

what study has little value or risk benefit?

Answer 6

Milgram

Question 7

what is meant by socially sensitive research?

Answer 7

SSR - any research that has ethical implications that affect the wider society

Question 8

what people can SSRs affect?

Answer 8

participants
families
subgroups or cultures
the research institution

Question 9

what did seiber and stanley (1988) highlight?

Answer 9

4 key areas of social consequence:

• the research question
• treatment of participants
• institution context
• application of research

Question 10

What are some examples of socially sensitive research?

Answer 10

• bowlbys maternal deprivation
• milgrams obedience
• loftus EWT
• Rosenhan ‘sane insane places’
• bandura bobo doll

Question 11

What is a benefit of SSR?

Answer 11

• removes taboo
  e.g Kinsley 5000 men sexual behavior removed homosexuality off the DSM-1

Question 12

Risk of SSRs?

Answer 12

• Used against people
  Burt IQ test based on American and in English
• cannot anticipate social effects from the ethics committee
  won’t know until its published
• ignore marginalized groups
  or misrepresents when included

Question 13

what is the problem with current ethical guidelines?

Answer 13

do not anticipate for effects on wider group or how research may be used

Question 14

should socially sensitive research be avoided?

Answer 14

seiber and stanley
isn’t a scientific approach to ignore, it avoids responsibility