Ethics

Question 1

Ethical Guidelines

Answer 1

Confidentiality
Debrief
Informed Consent
Right to Withdraw
Deception
Protection of Participants

Question 2

BPS

Answer 2

An ethics committee from the BPS will check that any proposed study meets the guidelines. If it doesn’t (if there are ethical issues) then they will do a cost/benefit analysis to decide if the findings will be worth the ethical problems.

Question 3

Ethical Issues

Answer 3

Exist when there is a conflict between the participant’s rights (the guidelines) and the researcher’s need to gain valuable findings.