Socially sensitive research Flashcards

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How does research raise sensitive social issues

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  • there are ethical implications when it comes to what the research findings might tell us
  • findings from psychological research may highlight social issues that create negative effects of reactions in society
  • might lead to certain griups being stigmatised, or to laws being passed that put some people at a disadvantage
  • this is socially sensitive research
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What is socially sensitive research SIEBER AND STANLEY

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-research that may have implications for the individuals in the research, or for groups in society, such as the pps families of particular cultural groups

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Genetic influences+criminal behaviour- issues

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  • research into whether there are gentici influences on criminal behaviour could have important consequences e.g. genetics could be used as a defence against being convicted for a crime
  • the possibility of compulsory genetic testing to identify people with a particular gene
  • screening could identify genes linked to psychological disorders
  • this could lead to anxiety and social stigma, especially as people have a genetic vulnerability for a disorder but not actually develop it
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Using race as the IV- issues

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  • some studies using IQ tests have shown possible racial differencew in intelligence
  • issue is if this is an approporiate topic for research because of social tensions that the results may produce
  • this research is discredited because of methodlogical problems with the IQ tests that were used- e.g. they may have been biased toward some social cultural groups
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Should socially sensitive research be carried out

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  • there’s an argument that this research shouldn’t be carried out for ethical reasons
  • but some people argue that researchers have to carry out this type of research as it can help society as a whole e.g. by showing the father can be the primary care giver
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Using race as the IQ- example of research- Yerkes (1917)

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  • many of the questions in the test required cultural knowledge of the US
  • lower scores were due to a lack of culturalisations rather than low intelligence
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