PSY1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Institutional Review Board, Informed Consent, Operational Definition
2 Sep 2018
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Institutional review board a committee charged with evaluating research projects in which human subjects are used. Informed consent form a form given to individuals before they participate in a study to inform them of the general nature of the study and to obtain their consent to participate. General principles of the apa code of ethics. Principle a: beneficence and nonmaleficence: doing good/doing no harm, obligation to maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harms. Principle c: integrity: commitment to the pursuit and protection of truth, commitment to research methods designed to contribute to knowledge, valuable reason for conducting the research. Issue of who ought to benefit from the research and who will bear its burdens. Pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple e: respe(cid:272)t for people"s rights a(cid:374)d dig(cid:374)ity: commitment to not use a person only as a means to an end, obtain consent to participate research. General guidelines: participation should be voluntary (no coercion) and informed.
