ethics

Question 1

what is the purpose of the BPS code of ethics

Answer 1

its designed to guide all members of the british psychological society in their day to day professional conduct

Question 2

what are the 4 primary ethical principles of the BPS code of ethics

Answer 2

respect, competence, responsibility, integrity

Question 3

what is a brief

Answer 3

when the participants arrive to take part in a study they are given a briefing so they can provide informed consent

Question 4

what is informed consent

Answer 4

when participants are able to make an informed judgement about whether to take part or not

Question 5

whats bad with informed consent

Answer 5

participants can guess aim

Question 6

how can we deal with informed consent’s problems

Answer 6

gain presumptive consent or to formally indicate their agreement to participate

Question 7

what is presumptive consent

Answer 7

where is it impossible for the researcher to ask the actual participants, they ask a similar group of people, if they find it ok its assumed the real p. will agree

Question 8

what is prior general consent

Answer 8

before participants are recruited they are asked whether they are prepared to take part in research where they might be deceived for its actual purpose

Question 9

what is retrospective consent

Answer 9

participants are asked for their consent during the debrief after already participating

Question 10

when can deception be used

Answer 10

when approved by an ethics comittee however participants should be fully debriefed after

Question 11

what does dippc stand for

Answer 11

deception, informed consent, protection from harm, privacy, confidentiality

Question 12

what is right to withdraw

Answer 12

all participants should be informed they have the right to withdraw at the beginning if they feel distressed or uncomfortable

Question 13

what is the problems with the right to withdraw

Answer 13

it causes bias as the ones who stayed are obedient, some may not withdraw due to being given incentives or feeling like they’re the study. however researchers can withdraw data after study

Question 14

what is protection from harm

Answer 14

researcher should avoid risks great than experienced in real life and stop the study if harm is suspected, might be hard to tell

Question 15

what is privacy and confidentiality

Answer 15

protects participant’s information and identification, researchers should not record names, should use numbers or false names

Question 16

what does the debrief contain

Answer 16

should be given a general idea of what the researcher was investigating, why, part in research. told if they’re deceived and why, asked if they have any questions. this should happen as soon as possible and honestly