U4 AOS3 Safety and ethical understanding

Question 1

Ethical concepts

Answer 1

general ethical
considerations
used to analyse
the ethical and
moral aspects
of conduct
surrounding
psychological
issues and
psychological
investigations

Question 2

Integrity

Answer 2

an ethical
concept
involving the
commitment to
searching for
knowledge and
understanding
and the honest
reporting of
all sources of
information
and results

Question 3

Justice

Answer 3

an ethical
concept
involving fair
consideration
of competing
claims, no unfair
burden on a
particular group,
and fair access
to benefits of
an action

Question 4

Beneficence

Answer 4

an ethical
concept
involving the
commitment
to maximising
benefits and
minimising
risks and harms

Question 5

Non-maleficence

Answer 5

an ethical
concept
involving the
avoidance of
causing harm

Question 6

Respect

Answer 6

an ethical
concept
involving the
consideration
of the value of
living things,
giving due
regard, and
consideration of
the capacity of
living things to
make their own
decisions

Question 7

Ethical
guidelines

Answer 7

guidelines that
ensure the
protection and
welfare of all
participants in
research

Question 8

Confidentiality

Answer 8

an ethical
guideline
that ensures
participants
remain
anonymous, and
their personal
information is
kept private,
protected and
secure throughout
the study

Question 9

Voluntary
participation

Answer 9

an ethical
guideline
ensuring that
each participant
freely agrees to
participate in
a study, with
no pressure or
coercion

Question 10

Informed consent
procedures

Answer 10

an ethical
guideline
conducted before
a study begins
– participants
agree to
participate
after they have
received all the
details of the
study, including
the purpose,
procedures and
potential risks

Question 11

Withdrawal rights

Answer 11

an ethical
guideline that
ensures the
participants
are free to
discontinue their
involvement in
a study at any
point during
or after the
conclusion of the
study, without
receiving any
penalty

Question 12

Deception in
research

Answer 12

an ethical
guideline
involving
withholding the
true nature of
the study from
participants,
when their
knowledge of
the true purpose
may affect their
behaviour and
subsequent
validity of the
investigation

Question 13

Debriefing

Answer 13

an ethical guideline
involving provision
of information to
participants at the
end of the study,
including the
true aims, results
and conclusions,
and answering
any questions,
clarifying
misunderstandings
or deception, and
providing support
to ensure no
lasting harm

Question 14

Occupational
health and
safety (OHS)

Answer 14

issues of
health, safety
and welfare
that must be
protected in a
workplace

Question 15

risk assessment

Answer 15

a process
involving the
consideration,
identification
and reduction
of physical and
psychological risk

Question 16

Safety data
sheet (SDS)

Answer 16

a document
that provides all
the important
information about
a substance,
such as its
ingredients,
precautionary
statements and
first aid measures