FRHD 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Research Act, Informed Consent, Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3070
• Professor: Carol- Anne Hendry

Document Summary

Milgram"s obedience experiment: study of the phenomenon of obedience to an authority figure, examined the effects of punishment on learning (shock treatment for mistakes, results challenged beliefs about our ability to resist authority. Important for understanding obedience in real life situations (holocaust) Belmont report: the belmont report (1979): ethical principles & guidelines for the protection of human. Subjects of research: beneficence, to good & reduce harm, autonomy. Increased respect for individuals: justice, notion that in our systemic culture there are people with power & victims. Information issues: withholding information & deception: stating that the experiment is for a when it is really about b. Research ethics board (reb: reb, a committee which review proposals of intended research to determine: Intellectual disability, cognition etc. : pregnant women, effects on the growing child must be extra careful. Apa ethics code: the research process, the publication process. Institutional approval: psychologist must secure permission from their institution before conducting research.