Lecture 4: Ethics Flashcards
1
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Numering trials
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- end of WWII
- conviction of doctors based on several key principles including
- informed consent
- absence of coercion
- beneficence
2
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Ethics Code (4 things)
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- informed consent
- deception
- debriefing
- scholarly integrity
3
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Milgram’s experiments
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- teacher and learner
- how far will people shock others when instructed to do so by authority
- led to a critical change in how researchers viewed their relationship with participants
4
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government mandated protocols (3 things)
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- do not harm; maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harm
- respect for persons: autonomy; capacity for autonomy is not present in every person
- justice
5
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risks in psychological research
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- physical harm
- psychological harm
6
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potential benefits of psychological research
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- educational benefits, new skill or treatment for a psychological or medical condition
- material benefits
- personal satisfaction
7
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alternatives to deception
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- role playing: asks participants how they would respond to a certain situation or to predict how others would respond
- simulation studies: variation on role-playing that involves simulation of a real world situation
- honest experiments: participants are made completely aware o f the purposes of the research
8
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exempt research
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- research in which there is no risk of harm
9
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minimal risk research
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- when the risk of harm is no greater that risk encountered in daily life or routine physical or psychological tests
10
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ethics and animal research
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- regulated by the Canadian council on animal care
- provides for their physical comfort and psychological well-being
- reduction; replacement; refinement
- animals must not eb subjected to unnecessary pain or distress
