PSYC 2360 Chapter 3: PSYCH 2360 Chapter 3 Notes
30 Jan 2019
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Ethics: the application of moral principals to help guide one"s decisions and behaviour. Utilitarian perspective: ethical decisions should be based on doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Altruistic perspective: ethical decisions should be based on helping without personal bene t. Egoism: individuals should act in accordance with one"s own self-interest. Cost-bene t analysis: an ethical principal of research in which a researcher weighs all the potential and known bene ts against all potential and known risks before conducting study. Nonmale cence: means to do no harm; and ethical obligation to eliminate risks to study participation. Loss of con dentiality: researchers must protect the privacy of individuals; a potential risk to participants. Anonymity: ensures that responses cannot be linked back to individual participants. Physical harm: researcher must consider the physical toll that a study may have; a potential risk to participants.
