PSYC1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Informed Consent
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Bystander intervention helping decreases as perceived number of bystanders increases. Ethical principles: merit has benefit or adds to knowledge. Informed consent told who the researchers are, purpose, procedures, benefits and risks, their rights, any potential conflict of interest, approved by ethics committee then can give consent. No withholding of information along with explicit lies. Sometimes required to obtain natural, spontaneous responses from pp"s and to reduce/remove demand characteristics/order effects. Only allowed when no other alternative is possible and the benefits clearly outweigh ethical cost of deception. True purpose of study must be explained after it ends: confidentiality anonymity among pp"s and their results in publication. The benefits for humans or animals must be justified eg. welfare or health improvement. Approval is required by an ethics committee.
