Ethics

Question 1

What is ethics

Answer 1

The science of morals rules or behavior

Question 2

What are the four principles

Answer 2

Respect, Competence, Responsibility and Integrity

Question 3

How do you have to uphold Respect in Psychology

Answer 3

Respect individual, cultural and role differences
Respect the knowledge, insight, experience and expertise of participants and members of the general public

Question 4

What are the ethical guidelines that fall under Respect

Answer 4

Informed consent, Privacy and right to withdraw

Question 5

How do you uphold competence in psychology

Answer 5

Value the continuing development and maintenance of high standards
Develop and maintain comprehensive awareness of ethics

Question 6

What ethical guidelines fall under competence

Answer 6

ALL

Question 7

How do you uphold Responsibility in Psychology

Answer 7

Value their responsibilities to the general public and to the profession and science of psychology including the avoidance of harm and the prevention of misuse or abuse

Question 8

What ethical guidelines fall under responsibility

Answer 8

Protection of participants - ensure they are given a full debrief

Question 9

How do you uphold Integrity

Answer 9

Value honesty accuracy clarity and fairness in their interactions with all persons and seek to promote integrity in all facets of the scientific and professional endeavors

Question 10

What ethical guidelines fall under integrity

Answer 10

Deception

Question 11

What are the 5 ethical guidelines

Answer 11

Informed consent, Right to withdraw. Protection of participants, Deception, Privacy and confidentiality

Question 12

What is informed consent

Answer 12

Participants should be told the nature, purpose and anticipated consequences of any research participation and ideally the researcher should gain informed consent at the beginning of researcher.

Question 13

What is right to withdraw

Answer 13

Investigation should make clear to participate their right to withdraw from the investigation at anytime

Question 14

What is privacy

Answer 14

Participants privacy should be respected. A ll results must be kept confidential names or details must be kept confidential

Question 15

What is Protection of participants

Answer 15

Researchers mustnt cause any physical or psychological harm

Question 16

What is deception

Answer 16

Lying to participants, misleading them abt the aims

Question 17

What is debriefing

Answer 17

A way to overcome breaking ethical guidelines
Done at the end of the study researcher responsibility to provide PS with any nessacary info they need and to check that they havent suffered any harm and to fully explain the purpose

Question 18

What are the disadvantages to breaking these guidelines

Answer 18

Destroys the reputation of psychological research and psychology as a whole
results in less research being approved so limits the usefulness of research
leads to reduction in future funding
Reduces the likeliness in future participants as it’ll deter them so it isn’t as much research will be conducted
limits our knowledge of complex psychological behavior

Question 19

What are the benefits of breaking ethical guidelines for informed consent

Answer 19

IC- By breaking iC it reduces the risk of demand characteristics leading to more valid, credible results
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Question 20

What are the benefits of breaking ethical guidelines for Protection of participants

Answer 20

Enhances understanding of complex unethical behaviour like certain disorders- strategies to help people

Question 21

What are the benefits of breaking ethical guidelines for deception

Answer 21

Creates ground breaking discoveries into problematic behavior ultimately improving the reputation of psychology