Ethics

Question 1

SAQ: Brain and behaviour?

Answer 1

Milner (informed consent)
* forget giving consent due to antereograde amnesia, also not able to take advantage of his right to withdraw
* Had to give consent for a bunch of test

Question 2

SAQ: Hormones/Pheremones

Answer 2

Schochat (Protection)
* Messed up their sleep schedule
* A very different short sleep wake paradigm = discomfot, fatigue, mentally and physically hard because the task is quite forced, can take a few days for their circadian rhythm to correct itself and during that time, it may be distressing
* Possible side effects of melatonin (headache, dizziness)

Question 3

SAQ: Genetic

Answer 3

Caspi (Protection of participants)
* learning the results of the study and their susceptibility of getting subsequent depression after experiencing stress could cause distress and it becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 4

SAQ: Cognitive Processes

Answer 4

Brewer and Treyens (Deception)
* they werent aware when the study actually started

Question 5

SAQ: Reliability of Cognitive processes

Answer 5

Brewer and Treyens (Deception)
* they werent aware when the study actually started

Question 6

SAQ: Emotion and Cognitive Processes

Answer 6

Neisser and Harsch (Protection)
* Asking them to recall such emotional event can bring them emotions and memories they have being trying to suppress or overcome
* Can cause emotional distress

Question 7

SAQ: Individual and the group

Answer 7

Bandura (Protection)
* Children may learn the aggressive behaviour and act that way in the future due to what they have witnessed in the study
* Can negatively harm them in the future in terms of school and friends

Question 8

SAQ: Cultural origins of behaviour and cognition

Answer 8

Kearins (Protection)
* White australian children may feel discouraged about they scores compared to the indigenous australian children
* Can lead to low self esteem in the future

Question 9

SAQ: Cultural influences

Answer 9

Odden and Rochat (Withdrawal)
* The study was conducted on the whole village and so there may be a pressure to also participate by certain individuals
* They were all observed and some may not have wanted to be at certain moments since it was a longitudinal study and they might have felt like there wasn’t a break or a moment where they weren’t being watched

Question 10

ERQ: Brain and Behaviour

Answer 10

Milner (Informed consent) and Yu et al (Withdrawal)

Question 11

ERQ: Hormones/Pheremones

Answer 11

Schochat (Protection) and Wedekind (Informed consent)

Question 12

ERQ: Genetics

Answer 12

Caspi (Protection) and McGuffin (Confidentiality)

Question 13

ERQ: Animals

Answer 13

Merzenich and Cases