Quiz 2 Flashcards
Participants should never leave the study feeling worse than when they arrived. Do whatever it takes to return them to that state
Ethical CREDO
Theft of words or idea
Plagiarism
- Don’t collect data and simply manufacture it
- Data is altered or omitted to make the overall picture look better
- Some data are collected but missing data are guessed at or created in order to have a complete set of information
- An entire study is suppressed because its results are disappointing.
Falsifying Data
Lack of Replication
Peer review process
Collaborators report it
Ways to Prevent Fraud
They have high level of degrees
Replicate good data
Why falsified data goes unnoticed
Fundamental basics of the field
Basic research
Solving a real world problem
Applied research
Able to control the environment
High control
Decreased generalized ability
Laboratory research
More closely matches every day situations
Less control
increased generalizability
Field research
Real life
Mundane realism
Psychologically involved
tapping into real phenomenon that can be generalized
Experimental realism
Easier to be ethical in laboratory 
Laboratory ethical issues
More gray area in terms of consent
Ethical issues in field research
Add numbers to it; statistical
Quantitative data
Non-numerical data
Qualitative data
