AP Psycholgy- Unit 0.6

IRB

Institutional Review Board

-Screen all research proposals for proper ethical guidelines set by the American Psychological Association (APA)

Confederate

A person participating in a study

Informed Consent

• Researchers have to inform potential participants in advance about the nature of the research and any risks involved

• Participants must understand that they can refuse to participate or withdraw at any time

Protection from Harm/Discomfort

Studies may involve harm or discomfort if it is included in the informed consent, researcher must try to minimize discomfort as much as possible.

Confidentiality

A confederate’s right to have their information and participation in the study kept secret

• Researchers can never release the data about individual participants (without permission), and they cannot gossip or spread information about participants

Debriefing

Confederates may be lied to (deception) as long as theyre told the entire truth of the study at the end of the study

The debriefing is when they are told the truth

Withdraw

Confederates cannot be forced to partake in or stay in a study at any time

• If the experiment is a paid position, participants will often be offered only a fraction of the pay

Animal Ethical Standards

1) Aquire, care for, use and dispose of animals in compliance with laws and regulations

2) Ensure every using the animals have been given proper training

3) Make efforts to minimize discomfort of animals

4) Subjecting them to pain or stress is only okay if there is no other way

5) Surgical procedures must be under anesthesia and avoid infection and minimize pain

6) If an animals’ life will be terminated, you must move quickly so they suffer as little as possible.