PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nuremberg Trials, Intellectual Disability, Nuremberg
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Aftermath of wwii majorly affected the ethical guidelines of psychology. Nuremburg trials (after wwii) because of it, a set of guidelines of how to interact with people behaviourally and medically was created. Number one most important concept from nuremburg trial was the concept of informed consent. Number one ethical guideline for psychologist in training (eg grads students) is not having sex with clients. Informed consent is the central aspect of ethics (particularly clinical and also research). Tell them their qualifications and training (expertise), and what you can expect of them. Who cannot provide consent (they would need parent or guardian consent): Mentally incapacitated people (mentally retarded, mentally delayed, elderly who are demented, people under influence of drugs, the incarcerated (in jail), profoundly depressed people). Clinical ethical guidelines in apa/cpa, number 1: i will not harm my client. Must tell the people that what they say is just between the psychologist and them.
