(RM) Ethics

Question 1

What are the 6 different ethical issues?

Answer 1

Consent, protection from harm, deception, confidentiality, withdrawal, observations

Question 2

Explain consent, and how it can be dealt with (Ethics)

Answer 2

• Researchers should informal all participants of the aims of the research
• Participants should give consent:
• Presumptive consent - Similar group of people are asked about if the experiment is acceptable
• Prior general consent - Participants consent to many studies, one involving deception
• Retrospective consent - Participants are asked consent after the study

Question 3

Explain protection from harm, and how it can be dealt with (Ethics)

Answer 3

• Must not be placed at any more risk than daily life

- Debrief the participants, and offer counselling

Question 4

Explain deception and how it can be dealt with (Ethics)

Answer 4

• Deliberately misleading or withholding information

- Researchers must debrief the participants before they leave

Question 5

Explain confidentiality, and how it can be dealt with (Ethics)

Answer 5

• Participants, and the data they provided should be anonymous unless full consent is given
• Participants’ names must not be revealed

Question 6

Explain withdrawal, and how it can be dealt with (Ethics)

Answer 6

• Researchers must make it clear that participants can withdraw at any point
• Also can withdraw their data given
• Make withdrawal clear
• Participants must begiven opportunity to withdraw their data that has been collected

Question 7

Explain observations and dealing with it (Ethics)

Answer 7

• Researchers must only observe participant’s in environments people would expect to be observed
• Complete observations in environments people would expect to be observed by strangers