MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/2D764A33/ethics_questions.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Board of Ethics questions

 <= /o:p>

 <= /o:p>

 <= /o:p>

Psychology B=

 

Ethics and Psychological Research

 =

 =

 =

 =

 =

 =

 =

 =

Excerpts from:

 =

Key Studies in Ps= ychology 2nd ed, R. Gross, 1990, Hodder & Stoughton: London<= /st1:City>

 =


Task

 

You should work in s= mall groups for this task. You tutor will allocate you a study from the excerpts that follow. You should read the study and then answer the questions below, summarising the main points on the flipchart paper provided. You should be prepared to report to the rest of the class.

 

 

 

  1. What research method was used in this stud= y? What was the purpose of the study, and what were the main findings?

 

 

 

  1. Using the BPS Ethical Guidelines issued ea= rlier, consider the ethical issues that arise with this study. If you were sitting as part of a Board of Ethics, what recommendations would you h= ave made? Would you have allowed the study to go ahead? Would you have suggested any changes to the study to minimise or eliminate potential ethical issues?

 

 

 

  1. If you were the experimenters, how would y= ou have justified your study to the Board of Ethics? Would you have accep= ted changes to the study? Have you considered the effect on your participa= nts – perhaps you chose those participants deliberately?<= /span>