PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Laud Humphreys, Belmont Report, Sexually Transmitted Infection
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Chapter 3: ethics making ethical decisions in research. What are ethics: ethics is the application of moral principles to help guide o(cid:374)e"s de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396), often difficult to identify, no right or wrong answer to dilemmas. In the late 1970s, the us federal government published a report later referred to as the belmont. Report, outlining the three basic ethical principles to follow when conducting research involving humans: beneficence, justice, and respect for persons. 400 low-income african american men from rural tuskegee, alabama that were illiterate sharecroppers. They never told the participants they had syphilis or treated them. In order to obtain informed consent, a researcher can ask participants to sign a form that describes the study and its potential risks and benefits. Putting ethics into practice: you must be mindful of ethical considerations throughout the research process, e. g. , how to investigate bullying ethically.
