PSCI 2701 Lecture Notes - Participant Observation, Negative Relationship, Circular Reasoning
7 Jul 2014
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Psci2701b class 6 oct 15 2013. Also about how to determine where to draw this line. Elected officials are there because of the public, and can be removed by the public this makes lying problematic: only there because of trust of the public. Public servants are usually in their position because of merit. A lot of research used in building public policy in politics. Aiming to be ethical still doesn"t determine the complex choice of making public policy. Do no harm" principle: you cannot, through your actions as researchers, choose to change or impact psychologically any participant. Cannot impact participants" life without their consent. Must have your project approved before conducting research thought out all aspects of it. How not to put lives of participants in danger: self-knowledge. Asking difficult questions to people who lived through certain experience. Asking person to relive the experience, so you must be careful. What can"t you ask: dealing with things sacred.
