RM Ethics AQA GCSE Psychology

Research
Methods

●Understand ethical issues as outlined by the British Psychological Society
guidelines.

●Understand ways of dealing with these issues.

British Psychological

Society (BPS)

What is meant by ‘ethical considerations’?

●Ethical issues are concerns about what is morally right or wrong when
using participants in research.

●Ethical issues are when there is conflict between the needs of the
research and the rights of participants.

The role of the BPS is to provide guidelines to inform
researchers and resolve ethical dilemmas.

Draw

Draw lines to match the ethical issue to its description.

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Who can't give consent?

Drag and Drop

If someone cannot give ​

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because they are too young, we can ask parents for permission on their behalf.

If something is ​

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or frustrating, we can monitor the participants and stop the experiment early if we have to.

If someone gives their name in an interview, we can change their name to help keep their identity ​

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.

If we have had to ​

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participants to avoid them changing their behaviour, we can give them more information in a ​

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at the end and check they are still happy to take part.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

consent

stressful

anonymous

deceive

debrief

withdraw

helpful

public

bribe

Ethics

Researchers gave their participants a puzzle that deliberately did
not have a solution. Several participants spent a very long time
trying to solve the puzzle and became frustrated.

1.

Name two ethical issues the researcher should have considered
when designing this study. Explain why it is an issue and
suggest how the researchers might deal with it. [6 marks]

Open Ended

Name two ethical issues the researcher should have considered
when designing this study. Explain why it is an issue and
suggest how the researchers might deal with it. [6 marks]

Ethics

2.

Are covert (undercover) observations ethical? Explain your
answer. [4 marks]

Open Ended

Are covert (undercover) observations ethical? Explain your
answer. [4 marks]

Multiple Choice

How can we overcome the ethical issue of informed consent in those with memory problems?

• Keep reminding them that they are in a study

• Ask the person who has the legal right to consent on their behalf

• Do not publish any data identifying the individual

• If they consent at the beginning we assume they will maintain their consent

Multiple Select

Researchers are using people's real life stories to collect data about mental health problems. Which of the following should the researcher's do to ensure ethical guidelines are being met?

• Delete names or give nicknames to ensure anonymity

• Explain to participants how their data will be used to get fully informed consent

• Don't tell the participants exactly what you're trying to study to ensure they give you more honest responses

• Share the results with participants and offer them the right to withdraw if they change their minds once they know what will be written

Match

Match the following

• To deal with deception

• To deal with minors

• To deal with anonymity

• To deal with undue stress/harm

• To deal with people changing their minds

you can fully inform with debrief

you can get consent from parents

you can give participants nicknames

you can offer support with debrief

you can remind them of right to withdraw

• you can fully inform with debrief

• you can get consent from parents

• you can give participants nicknames

• you can offer support with debrief

• you can remind them of right to withdraw