Ethical Guidlines

Question 1

Animal ethical guidelines?

Answer 1

• Minimum number of animals used
• legitimate breeder
• home office license
• choice of species
• suitable Livy conditions
• justified harm
  -humanly put down
• only use se when recesses

Question 2

The guidelines:

Answer 2

• Informed consent
• right to withdraw
• deception
• confidentiality
• protection of participants
• debrief

Question 3

4 ethical principals:

Answer 3

• Respect
•Competance
• responsibility
• integrity

Question 4

Respect?

We must keep:

Answer 4

• General respect for dignity of all individuals

We must keep:
Privacy + confidentiality
Informed consent
Deception
Right to withdraw

Question 5

Competence?

Answer 5

• Always be professional
• fully aware of ethical code
• seek help if necessary
• monitor knowledge of area of study and recognize their own limits

Question 6

Responsibility?

Answer 6

• Towards participants and general public
• also responsible for profession + science
  -research mustn’t harm anyone or be misused
  -remind ppl of right to withdraw - don’t incentivise
  -debriefs are essential

Question 7

Integrity
(What you do when no one is looking)

Answer 7

-Honest and fair in all work
- avoid situations that seem lite exploiting ppl
-consider now research will be perceived by public

Question 8

Why are Ethical Guidelines important?

Answer 8

• Protect participants - no harm to them
  -encourage ppl lo participate in psychological research
  -ensure power isn’t abused
• so ppl trust the outcomes of psychological research
• so participants don’t portray psychology in a negative light to others.

Question 9

When was milgrams study done?

Answer 9

1963

Question 10

What was the aim of milgrams Study?

Answer 10

-to see if Germans are more obedient
- ww2 holocaust

Question 11

What was the procedure of milgram’s study?

Answer 11

• 40 male participants - 20-50 yrs old
• unskilled-professional
• £4.50
• confederates = ‘Mr. Wallace’- the learner (always)
  = ‘experimenter’
• learner strapped to chair - elective shock for eve wrong answer
  -15V → 450V
  (300V - learner pounded - no response to next question)
  (315V - pounded but no further response)

Question 12

What prods were given if participant hesitated?

Answer 12

Prod1: ‘please continue’ or ‘please go on’
Prod2: ‘the experiment requires that you continue’
Prod 3: ‘it is absolutely essential that you continue’
Prod 4: ‘you have no other choice, you must go on’

Question 13

What were the findings of milgram’s research?

Answer 13

• no one stopped ↓300V 125 (5ppl) stopped at 300V)
• 65% continued to 450V (26 ppl)
  -estimated 3% would go to 450V (about (2ppl)
  -follow-up questioner → 85% happy to participate (34ppl)

Question 14

Observation of participants in milgram’s Study:

Answer 14

• Etreme tension
• many seem to sweat, tremble, stutter, bile lips, groan, dig nails into hands
• 3 had full on seizures