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CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 4. Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research. Detailed Learning Objectives. 1. Describe the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and explain how it illustrates violations of all three ethical principles of the Belmont Report.

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CHAPTER 4

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  1. CHAPTER 4 Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research

  2. Detailed Learning Objectives 1. Describe the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and explain how it illustrates violations of all three ethical principles of the Belmont Report. 2. Explain informed consent and the protection of vulnerable groups (applying the principle of respect for persons). 3. Explain how researchers might evaluate the risks and benefits of a study (applying the principle of beneficence). 4. Explain how researchers would apply the principle of justice in selecting research participants. 5. Describe the structure of the APA code of conduct: its five ethical principles and its 10 ethical standards. 6. Become familiar with the points in the APA’s Ethical Standard 8 (the standard that most closely applies to research in psychology).

  3. Detailed Learning Objectives 7. Describe what institutional review boards do and who serves on them. 8. Describe what deception is, and explain when deception is considered permissible in a study. 9. Describe the debriefing process and the goals of debriefing. 10. Explain why many psychologists use animals in research, and describe the role of an institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) and the Animal Welfare Act in protecting the welfare of animals in research. 11. Define three forms of research misconduct, explaining why each is considered a breach of professional ethics and a violation of the empirical method.

  4. Historical Examples and the Belmont Report

  5. Historical Examples Tuskegee syphilis study Milgram’s obedience study

  6. The Belmont Report Principle of respect for persons Principle of beneficence Principle of justice

  7. The Belmont Report Respect for persons Informed consent Protection of vulnerable populations Beneficence Cost-benefit analysis for participants Cost-benefit for society Justice How are participants selected? Do they represent the people who will benefit from the study?

  8. Beneficence: Cost-benefit Balance Do the study? Do the study Low benefit high benefit Benefit to society Do the study? Don’t do the study low risk high risk Risk to participants

  9. Guidelines for Psychologists: APA Ethical Principles

  10. APA Ethical Principles Five general ethical principles Ten specific ethical standards

  11. APA Principles Are Based on the Belmont Principles

  12. APA Ethical principles Beneficence Fidelity and responsibility Integrity Justice Respect for people’s rights and dignity 10 APA Ethical standards Only Standard 8 applies to research. It includes: IRB Informed consent Deception Debriefing Animal research Research misconduct

  13. Institutional Review Boards Composition Procedures Applications Training for researchers and research assistants IRB procedures at our college

  14. Informed Consent

  15. Deception and Debriefing Festinger & Carlsmith, 1959 Deception Is deception always unethical? What priorities do we balance in a deception study? Debriefing Required for deception studies (By APA) Often required for any study, in a university setting

  16. Animal Research Strict federal guidelines for animal research IACUC committees Guide for care and use of laboratory animals Replacement, refinement, reduction

  17. Research Misconduct Plagiarism Fabrication Falsification

  18. Handout: Study Examples If you were an IRB, would you have approved this research? Why or why not? Analyze the research in terms of the Belmont Report, and apply APA’s Ethical Standard 8.

  19. Ethical Decision Making: A Thoughtful Balance

  20. Ethical Decision Making Justice Beneficence Respect for persons Should we use animals? Should we deceive people? Should we study children? Should we study this question at all? Should we compensate participants?

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