PSYCH 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Belmont Report, Syphilis, Penicillin
8 Feb 2018
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5-step model of ethical decision-making (the ideal model) During the study, penicillin was discovered as a cure, but men were not given it. Outlines 3 main principles for guiding ethical decision making: Informed consent: requires info, comprehension, and voluntariness. Protected populations: children, pregnant women, cognitively impaired, financially impaired, non-english speakers, terminally ill. Kramer et al - facebook and emotional contagion . Manipulated news feed for 1 week in 2012. Iv levels: reduced negative content vs reduced positive content. Hypothesis: user posts would be affected by what they saw in the news feed. Results: ppl"s emotions affected by what their friends say (social contagion) Consider: are all requirements met for informed consent: ppl most likely don"t read the user agreement, thus do not comprehend it. Ppl were not informed that they were being studied, and were not debriefed. Guide the most common roles of psychologists (researchers. counselors,
