PSCH 242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee, Institutional Review Board, Nuremberg Code
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Must treat all with kindness, respect, and fairness. Try to balance the potential risks to participants and the value of the knowledge we can gain. Declaration of helsinki ~ guides ethics in medical research and practice. Belmont report ~ three main principles for guiding ethical decision making: respect for persons - informed consent, no misleading/coercion/undue influence. Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct: Institutional review boards (irb) - committee responsible for interpreting ethical principles and ensuring that research using human participants is conducted ethically. Informed consent - written document that outlines the procedures, risks, benefits, possible treatments, and confidentiality of the research. Deception - lying to participants either through withholding info (omission) or active lies (commission) to obtain meaningful data. Debriefing - if a researcher has used deception, she/he/it/they must spend time after the study explaining why deception was necessary and how it was important to the study.
