Ethics Flashcards
Ethics
The consideration of what is acceptable or right behaviour in the persuit of a personal or scientific goal - Cardwell
Informed consent
Making participants aware of aims and procedures of the study so they know what will happen when they agree to take part in the study
Right to withdraw
Participants are given the right to leave the experiment, they can withdraw themselves or themselves and their data
Deception
Deliberately misleading a participant at any point of the study usually fair aims or confederates
Confidentiality
Don’t disclose any personal information to the public
Protection of participants
Making sure no harm to the participants occur
Three alter active ways of getting consent if it’s impractical to get informed consent
Presumptive consent, retrospective consent, agreeing to multiple studied knowing one will be deception
Presumptive consent
Similar people agreeing with similar principle
Retrospective consent
At the end of the experiment
How to deal with deception and protection from harm
Debriefing at end of study, ps know they have the right to withdraw
How can researchers deal with confidentiality
Keep ps personal information anonymous so data can’t be identified as theirs, change the name of the participants