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Ethics
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A set of principles prescribing behaviors that are morally correct
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Example of ethics
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Researchers are obligated to follow code of ethics established by Americal Psychological Association
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Critical incidents
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Method, used by ethics committees, that surveys psychologists and asks for examples of unethical behavior by psychologists
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Research participants
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Any person who takes part in and contribute data to a research study in psychology
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Example of research participants
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Humans
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Subject
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Name traditionally used to refer a human or animal research participants
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What are humans in a study called?
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Research participants or subjects
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What are animals and pre-verbal infants in a study called?
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Subjects
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Institutional Review Board (IRB)
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University committee responsible for evaluationg whether research propsals provide adequate protection of the rights of participants
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Where IRBs must exist?
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At universities and colleges receiving federal fund
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Risk
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Eithical decision making that goes into planning of study; refers to the chance that participating in research would have greater costs than benefits
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Informed consent
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Idea that persons should be given sufficient info about a study to make their decision to participate as a subect an informed & voluntary one
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Deception
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A research strategy in which participants are not told of all detals of an experiment; used for the purpose of avoiding demand characteristics
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Assent
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To give assent is to say "yes"; refers to the willingness on the part of the child to participate in a study
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Debriefing
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A post experimental session in which the experimenter explains the study's purpose, reduces any discomfort felt by the participants & answer questions
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