PSYC 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council, Jargon, Disclose

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3310
• Professor: Kim Babb

Document Summary

There are four principles that guide the canadian code of ethics for psychologists: respect for dignity of persons, responsible caring. Tri-council policy statement: the guidelines for ethical conduct in research involving humans. Includes nserc (natural sciences and engineering research council), social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc), and canadian institutes of health research (cihr) Three ethical principles from tcps: right to autonomy and to make informed decisions about whether or not to participate in research without interference. Those who are developing, impaired, have diminished autonomy must be protected. There must not be any coercion (reward and participation must not skew participantsno overly substantial rewards): concern for welfare: maximizing benefits while minimizing risks, risk matrix: explain whether participants are low, medium, or high risk. Disclose whether information you are collecting is high or low risk: deception: actively deceiving someone. Generally, deception is low risk in undergraduate theses.