Term Papers on Ethical Procedures And Guidelines Defining Psychological Research

Term Paper Title	Ethical Procedures And Guidelines Defining Psychological Research
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Ethical Procedures and Guidelines Defining Psychological Research

     Psychological research is often a very controversial subject among experts.
Many people feel that there are many moral standards that are often not followed.
Others may believe that there is much harmful misinformation that can often be
harmful to subject and others.  Still others believe that psychology is a lot of
theories without any reinforcing information.  Whether any of these assumptions
may be true or not, there have been guidelines created which serve to silence
many critics of the science.  These guidelines make research safe and structured,
which will protect the subjects from unnecessary harm.
     As psychology advances, there is seen a need for more rules and
regulations for the ensurement of subject comfort.  Hence, there are many more
rules now than even twenty years ago.  These rules really encompass a few broad
but very important ideas.  One of these ideas is protecting the dignity of the
subjects.  Another important component of this code refers to consent.  All of
these will be explained in greater detail below.  Another gray area in
psychology lies in the deception of subjects.  There are some basic rules
guiding how deceptions can be carried out.  There is a large section of the code
that was made with regards to animal research.  The last major section of the
ASA ethical guidelines has to do with giving credit where credit is due, and
information sources.  All of these regulations make research safer for the
subjects and increase the effectively of psychological research.
     In psychological research, protecting subjects dignity is very important.
Without willing subjects the research process would be brought to a halt.  In
order to protect the subjects' dignity, the lab experiments must be well
prepared, and ethically appropriate.  Only subjects who are targeted should be
affected, and if a large number of people are to be affected, psychologists
should consult experts on that specific group. Psychologists are to be held
directly responsible for the ethics that are utilized  during the experiment.
In addition to this psychologists are bound by the normal, governmental laws
concerning research.  In addition to these regulations concerning the law and
standards, psychologists are required to inform subjects of the basic procedure
that they will be agreeing to.  This flows into the idea of  informed consent.
     Informed consent means basically that the subject must be informed of
the basic procedure that they will be agreeing to.  There should not be any
variations from the agreed upon plan.  Whenever there is a doubt about whether
or not informed consent is necessary , an institution or expert in the area of
the subjects should be consulted.  One complicating factor in this sector is
deception in research.  In order to conduct certain experiments, it is helpful
to psychologists to deceive the participants, with respect to exactly which
experiment is being performed upon them.  The rules concerning this are
effective, but (neces...

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