Research Ethics Report Outline by: Joalingan
WRITTEN REPORT
PSYCH 103N
(EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY)
RESEARCH ETHICS
REPORTED BY:
Jonairah D. Alingan
Cherry Mae B. Balingit III – BS Psych Stuents
INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Cora E. Lim
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH ETHICS * The Researcher’s foremost concern in recruiting and using subjects is treating them ethically and responsibly * Research that is harmful to participants is undesirable even though it may increase wisdom * A researcher is legally responsible for what happens to research participants * To protect the subjects of psychological research, the federal government has formulated legal and ethical guidelines.
The IRB (Institutional Review Board) * Under the federal law (Title 45, Section 46.106[b]), Each institution that accepts research funding from the Department of Health and the Human services is required to set up a review committee called IRB, to evaluate proposed studies before they are conducted. * The IRB’s Primary duty is to ensure that the safety of research participants is adequately protected * Its First task is to decide whether the proposed study puts the subjects at risk. A subject at risk is one who is more likely to be harmed in some way by participating in the research.
Risk/ Benefit analysis * The IRB must determine whether any risks to individual are outweighed by potential benefits or the importance of the knowledge to be gained * Understanding of research design is critical to such analysis, and at least some members of a review board must be skilled in research methods * Research that is improperly designed has few benefits.
Psychologist Robert Rosenthal (1994) has given three reasons why poorly designed research can be unethical: 1. Students’, Teachers’, and Administrators’ time will be taken from potentially more beneficial educational experiences 2. Poorly designed research can lead to unwarranted and inaccurate conclusions that may be damaging to the society that directly or indirectly pays for
PSYCH 103N
(EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY)
RESEARCH ETHICS
REPORTED BY:
Jonairah D. Alingan
Cherry Mae B. Balingit III – BS Psych Stuents
INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Cora E. Lim
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH ETHICS * The Researcher’s foremost concern in recruiting and using subjects is treating them ethically and responsibly * Research that is harmful to participants is undesirable even though it may increase wisdom * A researcher is legally responsible for what happens to research participants * To protect the subjects of psychological research, the federal government has formulated legal and ethical guidelines.
The IRB (Institutional Review Board) * Under the federal law (Title 45, Section 46.106[b]), Each institution that accepts research funding from the Department of Health and the Human services is required to set up a review committee called IRB, to evaluate proposed studies before they are conducted. * The IRB’s Primary duty is to ensure that the safety of research participants is adequately protected * Its First task is to decide whether the proposed study puts the subjects at risk. A subject at risk is one who is more likely to be harmed in some way by participating in the research.
Risk/ Benefit analysis * The IRB must determine whether any risks to individual are outweighed by potential benefits or the importance of the knowledge to be gained * Understanding of research design is critical to such analysis, and at least some members of a review board must be skilled in research methods * Research that is improperly designed has few benefits.
Psychologist Robert Rosenthal (1994) has given three reasons why poorly designed research can be unethical: 1. Students’, Teachers’, and Administrators’ time will be taken from potentially more beneficial educational experiences 2. Poorly designed research can lead to unwarranted and inaccurate conclusions that may be damaging to the society that directly or indirectly pays for