Evaluation- Ethical Implications- Aversion Therpy

Question 1

Risk of harm (weakness)

Answer 1

P- treatments like Antabuse and rapid smoking can cause harm by introducing unplesent reactions
E- Antabuse can lead t neg effects when alcohol is consumed it causes a bad reaction eg nausea same with rapid smoking
Although participants agree to treatment they may stop taking medication/ quit bcs of bad side effects. This makes it hard to get accurate results bcs people drop out
E- harm could raise ethical concerns + when people quit it fails to show how well the treatment works
Weakness bcs treatments can cause harm+ lead to people droppping out which effects results

Question 2

More ethical alternatives (strength)

Answer 2

P- more ethical alternatives to harmful treatments eg covert sensitisation
E- covert sensitisation, patients imagin feeling sick instread of actually being sick
Kraft found its effective and quick for many people without causing physical harm
E- Covert sensation more ethical bcs it works without causing discomfort/ harm= better treatment option
Strength bcs shows there’s a way to help people without harming them = more ethical