Unit 2.1 - Research Ethics

Question 1

What should a psychological experiment have no matter how simple or complex it is? Explain each.

Answer 1

There should be benefits and costs.
Costs - research team, participants, materials, etc.
Benefits - knowledge and safety society gains, preventative care

Question 2

What must outweigh what?

Answer 2

The benefits must outweigh the costs.

Question 3

What needs to be considered for participant safety?

Answer 3

Physical, emotional and financial (taking time off work)

Question 4

What are some world benefits?

Answer 4

Knowledge, medicine, safety

Question 5

What are the three goals of research? Examples.

Answer 5

Describe, predict, and control.
An example would be describing the car collision, prediction it is due to the speed, and controlling it by enforcing speed limits.

Question 6

What is research for?

Answer 6

It is always for society’s benefit, never for society’s detriment, and never for personal gain.

Question 7

What is informed consent?

Answer 7

It includes a full explanation, agreement and consent, the right to withdraw and refuse, and contact info of lead researcher and ethics board.

Question 8

What word is not used in experiments/research?

Answer 8

Subjects are not used, participants is the correct term.

Question 9

What are the two components to fair compensation? Explain using examples.

Answer 9

Incentive (benefit) - gift cards, small gifts, raffle
Not coercive - too big or little of a gift to coerce people. This causes them to not fully participate as they are not motivated for the right and valid reasons.

Question 10

What are the three types of data security? Explain them.

Answer 10

Confidentiality - researchers know who the participants are but the public does not.
Anonymity - researchers and the public do not know who the participants are.
Data Storage - data storage has to be safe.
Data Access - protected against data access