PSYCH 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stroop Effect, Cocktail Party, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform
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Psych 221 lecture 4 ethics and automatic thought. General principles: avoid harm, be accurate, honest, and truthful about science (including teaching, protect dignity and privacy of people, voluntary participation, obtain irb (institutional review board) approval, need outside opinion. Orp (office for research protections) at penn state. Describe purpose, duration, and procedures as much as possible. Told free to decline or withdraw at any time and consequences of doing so. Factors that may influence their willingness to participate: risk, discomfort, adverse effects, video/audio recording. Incentive for participating (too large can be coercive/intimidating) Limits of confidentiality: must be held in confidence, unless you gain permission. Deception: only if no other means, irb must approve, must debrief (inform participants about deception after: chili experiment no informed consent, not aware they were in a study/being taped, not voluntary, potential for harm. External validity: do results generalize to real world: if participants have knowledge, may change results.
