PSYC 2360 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Notes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2360
• Professor: Naseem Al- Aidroos

Document Summary

Psychological harm y most direct ethical concern is that the research will cause harm. Types of threats y past research has posed severe threats to the psychological welfare of the participants y sometimes current research, despite precautions, causes stressful situations. They discover something unpleasant about themselves, etc. The potential for lasting impact y psychological states created in situations are assumed only temporary: no guarantee they wont have lasting impacts. they can occur later in life y researchers should choose alternative methods if possible y most research indicates that there is no lasting impact. Providing freedom of choice y second goal of ethical research is making sure participants have freedom in y choosing to participate in the research. Ideally, everyone should have the opportunity to learn about the research and choose to participate or not without considering other options: sometimes other things influence participation, financial need, college students, etc.