ethics

• Valid consent

this means informing the participant about the research, including what the research will require the purpose of the research and the right to participant has

deception

participants to take part in psychological research must not be deceived if possible

When participants are deceived, we take away their chances to give their fully informed consent to take part in the study

risk of harm

One of the most important ethical issue is protecting participants from physical and psychological harm

Physical harm is easy to measure because the effect can be seen easily but psychological harm is harder to report. This may include stress which we know the psychological state but we also have physical symptoms.

confidentiality and privacy

all participants must be made aware that any information they provide will be traded in strictest confidence. Any knowledge obtained about a participant during a studies should be confident confidential and otherwise agreed beforehand.

Participant has taken point in any psychological research have a right to expect any information they provide in the form of data or results will also be treated confidentiality and if circulated will not be identified as this

right to withdraw

all participants must be allowed to leave the experiment at any given time

wrist to the participant values, belief, relationship, status or privacy

this ethical issue requires psychologist to not just consider the research participant as a part of the research study but to make broad consideration on the empire. The research may have on the participants. Researchers must make provision to ensure that participants are cheats and opinions are not mean in any way well that their association with other people are not damaged by the participant in the research. Finally their position within an organisational society in general should not be jeopardised by participating. Most of these issues can be resolved by ensuring the privacy of those research is maintained for adequate confidentiality arrangements.

working with vulnerable groups, including children

special ethical consideration needs to be paid when conducting research with vulnerable individuals the bps considered vulnerable population to be as follows children under the age of 16 patients and care people and cost on probation people engaged in legal activities

working with animals

when using annual research is governed by the legislation such of the animal acts of 1986 in addition the show require requirements for ethical treatment of animals. Researchers are also considered alternative to using animals such as computer stimulation is if the use of animals in unavoidable the strict recommendations about factor such as the species type care requirements, comfort et cetera that need to be met by the researcher.