I&D- Ethical implications and social sensitivity Flashcards
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Define socially sensitive research
Research that might have a direct social consequence for the participants in the research or the group that they represent.
Define ethical implications
Ethical implications is where a researcher CONSIDERS the consequences that psychological research has on the rights of other people in a wider context
what is social sensitivity
name the researchers who developed this term in (198_)
Where there are potential social consequences for the participants or the group of people represented by the research, The researches Sieber and Stanley 1988 came up with this term to describe these particular studies
Define Ethical Issues
Ethical Issues are problems that arise when there’s conflict between the Rights of the participant and the Aims of the research
What are the Ethical Guidelines
The Ethical guidelines are a set of principles set out by the BPS to help psychologists behave honestly and with integrity
List the 7 ethical guidelines
- Informed Consent
- Deception
- Protection from harm
- Confidentiality
- Right to withdraw
- Debrief
- competence
Define the Implications of socially sensitive research
Social sensitivity research can lead to issues of discrimination
Socially sensitive research can be seen as giving ‘scientific’ credibility to any prejudice or discrimination,
as well as to justify public policy. For example, be adopted by government for political means
What are the 2 implications on wider society - research which directly impacted society
1. pu____ po_____
e.g. B______
2. How certain groups are t_______
e.g. U_ I_ A_____
e.g. H_______ 2_ n_____
- The influencing of public policy
For example, Bowlby’s research made society change and introduce maternity leave to reduce parents sending their babies to hospital nursery, when the mother only accompanied the baby whilst feeding. - The way certain social groups are treated
For example, the US IQ Army Test- discrimination towards African-Americans
For example, Hofling’s study on 21 nurses- injection amount that went against policy by a doctor speaking over the phone
and how that has an impact on individuals
Should socially sensitive research be conducted and what researcher other than ,Sieber and Stanley 1988, has an opinion of this - clue is Aro______ 199
Name a socially sensitive study you have learnt- M______ 196
Yes socially senstive research should be conducted because Aronson 1999 states that psychologists do have has ‘social responsibility’ to conduct them because otherwise society will never move forwards.
Name the 4 steps in the ‘research process’
- The research question
- Conduct of research and treatment of ppts
- The institutional context
- Interpretation and application of findings
Explain the 4 steps in the ‘research process’
- The research question- asking a question which may have a damaging effect on particular racial or gender groups because it appears to add scientific credibility to present prejudice.
- Conduct of research and treatment of participants- keeping confidentiality of ppts when data is collected
- The institutional context- Who is funding the research because some private companies fund research, which may lead to misreport of findings
- Interpretation and application of findings- The findings may be used for other purposes other than originally intended
Do you need to mention Ethical guidelines in
1. The research question
when talking about the 4 scientific research process that raise ethical implications in socially sensitive research
No, do not talk about ethical guidelines in the research question
Do you need to mention Ethical guidelines in
2. conducting the research and treatment to ppts (methodology used)
when talking about the 4 scientific research process that raise ethical implications in socially sensitive research
Yes, in the research question do talk about ethical guidelines such as confidentiality so they have anonymity
Do you need to mention Ethical guidelines in
3. Institutional Context
when talking about the 4 scientific research process that raise ethical implications in socially sensitive research
No, do not talk about ethical guidelines in Institutional context, but do mention unconscious bias
AO3- strength for Socially sensitive research
P- A strength of socially sensitive research, is Sieber and Stanley 1988 has supporting evidence.
E- Findings of SS research can have a serious impact on a group in society, e.g. findings of homosexual relationships was found to have have heterosexual bias- was compared to heterosexual norms
E- This shows how a researchers rep can but ruined rapidly, if their findings we not thought about it’s impact of a wider context.
L- Therefore, researchers must be open minded, carefully prepare a RQ and prepare for findings to be challenged if they misrepresent a minority.
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However, a weakness of doing SS research- which makes researchers avoid it- is risk of findings being misinterpreted
P- The risk of findings being misinterpreted- leads to less researchers attempting to study SS topics like race and gender
E- e.g. Milgram’s 1963 obediance study was SS- had neg ppt impacts- they were distressed- broke ethical guidlelines
-findings were everyone willl obey orders when asked by authority.
E- Some psychologists believe this was too sensitive- people were deceived and a lack of informed consents
L- However, others argue Milgrams has positive ethical implications - due to gained knowledge on obedience- ppts were debriefed straight after and although ppts were distressed, no long term negative impacts.
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Research suggests that psychologists have a social r……………
P- Research suggests that psychologists have a social responsibility research, in order for society to progress.
E- e.g. Child Eyewitness Testimony- found young children are can be reliable witnesses - only in a timely manner
E- Therefore, showing that devel gd rela with psychologist - does improve accuracy of EWT.
L- Demonstrates positive outcomes of SS research - valuable role in improving society and to reduce injustice
AO3 -limitation
The discrimination that occurs in SS research- reason they object this form of research
P-The discrimination that occurs in SS research- reason they object this form of research
E- e.g. racial diff were examined using IQ to try justify actions that occured due to need for social control. 64,000 indiv sterilised under eugenic legislation - found that 2,000 of them were on poor black women without their consent
E- This could be ‘justified’ due to flawed findings by Robert Yerkes, which argued that black Americans had lower IQ in comparison to White Americans.
L- Highlights the damage SS research can do, showing a serious flaw in this approach, reinforcing the argument saying SS research shouldn’t continue
