What are the ethics criteria
Informed consent, deception, the right withdraw, protection from psychological of physical harm, confidentiality, privacy
Discuss informed consent from both the researcher and participant’s point of view
Researcher – must give away the aims
Participant – basic human right based on knowing what is involved
Discussed deception from both the researcher and participant’s point of view
Researcher – acceptable when information withheld, less acceptable if dishonest
Participant – prevents informed consent, made distrust psychologists in the future
Discuss the right to withdraw from both the researcher and participant point of view
Researcher – BIOSes the sample
Participant – compensate for situations involving deception
Discuss protection from psychological and physical harm from both the researcher and participant’s point of view
Researcher – difficult to guarantee because unpredictable
Participant – risks should be no greater than every day life
Discuss confidentiality from both the researcher and participant’s point of view
Researcher – publication of findings may reveal identity even if anonymous
Participant – a legal right
Discuss privacy from both the researcher and participant’s point of view
Researcher – how to protect when participants studied without their awareness
Participant – even in a public place people may not wish to be observed
What are the strategies when dealing with ethical issues
Ethical guidelines
Cost benefit analysis
Ethics committees
Punishment
Evaluate ethical guidelines
Close of discussion and absolve researcher of responsibility
Evaluate the cost benefit approach
Just create new dilemmas
Evaluate informed consent
Participants may not understand what is actually involved
Evaluate presumptive consent
Hypothetical agreement is different from real agreement
Evaluate debriefing
Can’t turn the clock back; the harm is done
Evaluate the right to withdraw
Participants may feel they can’t
Evaluate protection from harm
May only be apparent with hindsight
Evaluate confidentiality
People may work out identity
Evaluate privacy
Lack of universal agreement about what counts as public
