PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Institutional Review Board, Belmont Report, Duplicate Publication
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Examined the effects of punishment on learning (shock treatment for mistakes) Results challenged beliefs about our ability to resist authority. Important for understanding obedience in real life situations such as the. Ethics- branch of philosophy concerned with morality. Risks vs. benefits: only ethical if benefits > risks, for participants. Results could be misunderstood or misapplied: may be unequal risks/benefits to participants vs. science and society. Treat participants fairly: compensation, fair distribution of risks. Must be able to explain the ethical decisions made. Nuremberg code 1947: 10 principles, written in conjunction with the nazi trials, emphasis on risks vs. benefits. Declaration of helsinki 1964: world medical council, research with humans should be based on written protocol, reviewed by an independent committee, revised in 2004. Nuremberg code: required is the voluntary, well informed, understanding consent of the human subject in a full legal capacity, the experiment should aim at positive results for society that cannot be.
