RM Ethical issues

Question 1

What are the ethical issues a researcher may face

Answer 1

• informed consent
• Deception
• protection from harm
• privacy and confidentiality

Question 2

Outline informed consent as an ethical issue

Answer 2

making participants aware of the aims and procedure of the research
- argued that giving informed consent makes the experiment meaningless as participants know what the study is about

Question 3

Outline deception as an ethical issue

Answer 3

deliberately misleading or withholding the information from a participant
- participants who do not receive enough information may not have informed consent

Question 4

Outline protection from harm as an ethical issue

Answer 4

participants should not be placed at any risk and so should be protected from physical and psychological harm

Question 5

Outline privacy and confidentiality as an ethical issue

Answer 5

• participants should be able to control information about themselves
• confidentiality refers to having any personal information protected