PSY 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nazi Human Experimentation, National Research Act, Institutional Review Board
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When conducting research, respect participants and reporting of results is important (ex: fabricated data, plagiarism) 1947: nuremberg code: first international code of research ethics, had 10 directives, including informed consent (no one regulated it though, came out of nazi medical experiments in concentration camps during. Mandated regulations for protection of human ss. Created national commision for the protection of human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research. Getting women who have or are at risk of cervical cancer and did not give them treatment to see long term effects. Apa code of ethics was created because of this experiment. 3 basic principles of the belmont report: beneficence (risk benefit analysis) The need to maximize benefits and minimize risks. Risks include physical risk, psychological risk, and loss of confidentiality. Benefits include educational benefits, monetary payment (reasonable, no coercion) acquisition of new skill. Participants answer a questionnaire about sexual experience and can be skipped if it doesnt apply to them.
