PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Belmont Report, Ecological Validity, Institutional Review Board
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November, 29, 2012 lecture- ethics in psychology research. Teacher watched learner being strapped into chair. Shock generator panel 15 to 450 volts. Risk must always be minimized, and benefit weighed against risk. Justice: apa code of ethics, guidelines for human subjects research in canada. Institutional review boards (irb"s: exempt research, minimal risk and greater than minimal risk, u of t research ethics board(s) Use of pseudonyms, usernames to gain entry / acquire information. Milgram tried to evaluate harm and undo it. Extensive questioning of participants to make sure they were okay. Evidence indicates study was not harmful: benefits were enormous, excellent data obtained. Usually the participant is doing something that directly or indirectly generates the behavior that is being measured. Similarity of conditions to the natural setting. Mook (1983): alternative goals of research that do not stress external validity: If we can demonstrate that a phenomenon occurs in a lab setting, the validity of the phenomenon may be strengthened.
