Pros And Cons Of Consent Forms

An ethical issue that arose during this investigation was the participants voluntarily agreed to participate in the experiment and were not pressured by the researcher to take part of the investigation. The tests were completed anonymously in regards of keeping peoples confidentiality. Consent forms were given to each participant with appropriate piece of information; participants aged above 16 had the right to sign the form without parent’s permission. Each participant had the right to withdraw from the experiment at any stage or not take part of it anymore. After the investigation the researcher did not have time to debrief the participants due to the extraneous variable. Improvements that could have been made to improve the procedures