Ethics (+ sampling/reflexivity) Flashcards
The “BBC Prison Study” was a 2002 recreation of which infamous conformity study?
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The main aim of the BBC prison study was to avoid the _____ issues that made Zimbardo’s study so infamous:
Ethical
What did Reicher & Haslam (2002) find in the BBC mock prison study, contrary to the findings of Zimbardo?
Guards seemed uncomfortable using authority over prisoners
The cultural difference between the Stanford Prison Experiment & the BBC Prison Study was that the Stanford study was set in the ____ whereas the BBC study was set in the ____:
USA; UK
For participant involvement in research to be ethical, participants must be:
Fully engaged
True or false: researchers must have the appropriate research training & skills for the type of research they are wanting to conduct:
True
Ethical principles were developed in response to studies which contained ____ (physical or psychological), ____ and _____ _____:
Harm; deception; racial prejudice
What 2 factors are required when gaining consent from participants?
Informing; getting consent
The ethical principle of cultural sensitivity challenges _____, allows participants AND researchers to identify with own _____ and includes liaison with _____ leaders:
Ethnocentrism; ethnicities; community
Name the 4 ethical principles described in lecture 4:
Cultural sensitivity; informed consent; deception/protection from harm; confidentiality
An important aspect of the cultural sensitivity principle is that researchers must think on their feet and build:
Rapport
Gaining informed consent includes explaining how data will be used. True or false?
True
Deception is useful when conducting studies with children, or in qualitative research. True or false?
False
If using deception in a study, participants must always be ____ at the end:
Debriefed
Seeking permission and explaining how data will be used are key principles of:
Informed consent
Name the 2 components of the confidentiality principle:
Data access only to researchers & participants; removal of name/place identifiers
The dilemma of how long researchers can store data relates to the _____ principle:
Confidentiality
_____ is a conscious, ongoing process whereby researchers maintain awareness of the power and influence they hold over their research:
Reflexivity
A reflexive researcher may be asked who the research benefits as well as who is being excluded from it. True or false?
True
Purposeful sampling involves ____ experience, maximum ____ in experience and _____ sampling:
Common; variation; snowball
In quantitative research, sampling is led by:
Statistical power
In qualitative research, sampling is led by:
Depth
