rm3 u2 ethics

what is the bps ethical code

ethical guideliness set up to project rights or participants

what are all the ethical issues

deception, informed consent, protection from harm, right to withdraw, confidentiality, invasion of privacy

what is deception + example

lying/misleading participants e.g. purpose of research, what will be asked

how is deception dealt with

role play -> how participant will behave

Debrief -> tell the aim of the study after experiment and can withdraw data

how serious is deception

deception is sometimes necessary for study + reduces demand characteristics

disadvantages of dealing with deception

Role play -> don't know if a result is true or not  

Debrief -> still deceived but better than not doing it

what is informed consent

giving all information about the study e.g. aim, true idenity of everyone involved, purpose of study

how informed consent dealt with

Children can't give informed consent -> get consent from responsible adult

what is presimptive consent

two samples from same target population, ask consent from one sample so then you assume other would say yes others would say yes

what is prior general consent

give a list of what could happen and within the list is something you would actually do and if they agree they participate but not necessary fully agreed

what is retrospective consent

in the debrief tell them everything and then participant can withdraw data

what is protection from harm + examples

protect them physically and mentally

E.g. don't let them get too drunk, embarrassed

how is protection from harm dealt with

anticipate the harms and design so that they don't happen/don't do study

 

Debriefing -> restore them to the same state they were before the study

disadvantages of dealing with protection from harm

anticipating harms -> small harm is necessary, can’t anticipate everything

Debriefing -> some things can't be taken away

Harm is no greater than what are facing in real life -> people face different levels of harm/subjective

what is right to withdraw

the right to be able to withdraw your data at any point of the investigation without penalty and they must know this

how is right to withdraw dealt with

Children feel like they don't have the right to withdraw -> remind them that they can withdraw/ask responsible adult

Always remind that participants have the right to withdraw

After the study do debrief and ask if data can be used

what is confidentiality

personal details revealed

how is confindetiality dealt with

use fake names

what is invasion of privacy

participants observed in a non-public place

how is invasion of privacy dealt with

don’t observe people in private places e.g. their homes

only can observe in public places where they are expecting other people to be there

what is a cost-benefit analysis

benefits to society are compared to potential costs to the participants

what is an ethics committe

a group decide if your research should go ahead using cost benefit analysis