PSYC 2017 Study Guide - Final Guide: Scientific Misconduct, Naturalistic Observation, Statistical Conclusion Validity
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Covering up data that could contradict your theory. Changing the design, methodology, or interpretation of results to make a funding source happy. Issue of consent: for normal cases, for special populations: children, mr, beneficence and nonmaleficence. Nonmaleficence: not doing bad: justice, trust. If a drug is found successful, it should be given to the placebo group after the study is over. Telling participants that their name won"t be given out. Privacy rules: fidelity and scientific integrity. 3 areas of the experiment that affect treatment of participants the most: information. Consent: when a person is in the right mind or of age to consent: active consent: respond if you will allow it, passive consent: only respond if you don"t allow it. Assent: when a person (or child) can write his or her own name: given to a child or those who don"t have the mental capacity to make the decision on their own.
