Ethics Flashcards
What is ethics
The science of morals rules or behavior
What are the four principles
Respect, Competence, Responsibility and Integrity
How do you have to uphold Respect in Psychology
Respect individual, cultural and role differences
Respect the knowledge, insight, experience and expertise of participants and members of the general public
What are the ethical guidelines that fall under Respect
Informed consent, Privacy and right to withdraw
How do you uphold competence in psychology
Value the continuing development and maintenance of high standards
Develop and maintain comprehensive awareness of ethics
What ethical guidelines fall under competence
ALL
How do you uphold Responsibility in Psychology
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
What ethical guidelines fall under responsibility
Protection of participants - ensure they are given a full debrief
How do you uphold Integrity
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
What ethical guidelines fall under integrity
Deception
What are the 5 ethical guidelines
Informed consent, Right to withdraw. Protection of participants, Deception, Privacy and confidentiality
What is informed consent
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.
What is right to withdraw
Investigation should make clear to participate their right to withdraw from the investigation at anytime
What is privacy
Participants privacy should be respected. A ll results must be kept confidential names or details must be kept confidential
What is Protection of participants
Researchers mustnt cause any physical or psychological harm
What is deception
Lying to participants, misleading them abt the aims
What is debriefing
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
What are the disadvantages to breaking these guidelines
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
What are the benefits of breaking ethical guidelines for informed consent
IC- By breaking iC it reduces the risk of demand characteristics leading to more valid, credible results
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What are the benefits of breaking ethical guidelines for Protection of participants
Enhances understanding of complex unethical behaviour like certain disorders- strategies to help people
What are the benefits of breaking ethical guidelines for deception
Creates ground breaking discoveries into problematic behavior ultimately improving the reputation of psychology
