PSY319H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Institutional Review Board, Intelligence Quotient
9 Apr 2016
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It must be ethically sound: all research projects go through the institutional review board (irb) or research ethics board (reb) Research with children: according to the tri-council policy statement (tcps), children are a vulnerable population. o. Children, institutionalized persons or others who are vulnerable are entitled, on grounds of human dignity, caring, solidarity and fairness, to special protection against abuse, exploitation or discrimination. Ethical obligations to vulnerable individuals in the research enterprise will often translate into special procedures to protect their interests. Ethical standards for research in children (srcd, 2007) o. The investigator should use no research procedure that may harm the child either physically or psychologically. The investigator is also obligated at all times to use the least stressful research procedure whenever possible. This doesn"t mean that nothing unpleasant can happen in the study o. Can choose to withdraw or discontinue participating at any time o.
