PSYC 2030 Chapter 3: Research Methods - ch 3
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Principle i: respect for persons and their independence or freedom (called autonomy) Looked for respect for persons, beneficence (the doing of good, and the concomitant moral obligation to do no harm, now called nonmaleficence), and justice. Researcher"s ethical and legal responsibility to ensure that each potential participant knows what the study involves and is free to decide whether or not to participate. Informed consent: researcher tells prospective participants about the study and obtains their written agreement to participate. Some situations in which informed consent is unnecessary or impossible, such as archival studies that use public records. Principle ii: beneficence: researchers will attempt to maximize the societal and scientific benefits of their research, nonmaleficence: avoid doing harm. Since the belmont report, it is now expected that all proposed research studies will be carefully appraised by a panel of evaluators, an institutional review board (irb) o. Risk-benefit assessment for > than minimal risk. Representation of an idealized risk-benefit ethical evaluation.
