Lecture 3 (pt. 2) Flashcards
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Ethics:
Adaptation of moral principles for what is right and wrong
Utilitarian Perspective:
Your decision should do the greatest good for the greatest number of people
Altruistic Perspective:
Helping others without personal benefit
Egoism:
Individuals should act in accordance with their own self-interests
Principle # 1: Beneficence
Acting with the purpose of benefiting others
What is the cost-benefit analysis:
Ensure that the study’s potential positive outcomes exceed potential negative experiences or risks to participants
What is the Loss of Confidentiality
The response or behaviours of individual participants must not become public knowledge or the focus of public scrutiny
What is Anonymity:
Participants’ individual responses cannot link back to their personal identity. There is no storage of personal identification with the data
What are the Types of Harm:
- Physical
- Psychological
- Cost of not doing research
Principle 2: Justice
Fairness when deciding who to use as study participants
Avoid selection based on vulnerability
Principle 3: Respect for Persons
Anonymity is the idea that people can make deliberate, informed decisions
What is Direct Replication
Repeat original study
What is the Conceptual Replication
Change the method to test the same hypothesis
What is P-hacking
Dropping participants if they do not fit the rest of the study
What is HARKing
Hypothesizing After Results are known