Ethics in psychology + Experimental designs

What does the term "ethics" mean in psychology?

• correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research

• experiments

• opportunity sampling

• publishing research findings

Gaining permission from a person to take part in a study and telling them what is involved is referred to as.....

• withdrawal

• confidentiality

• informed consent

• debriefing

Researchers must ensure that those taking part in research will not be caused distress. They must be protected from ________________ and _____________ harm, ____________ or _______________ .

• stress

• physical

• discomfort

• psychological

• mental

Which ethical principle states participants should be free to leave the research setting whenever they wish.

(a)  

Participants have a complete right to ___________ and _________ and no participant should be identifiable by name or any other distinguishing detail.

• debriefing

• confidentiality

• withdrawal

• anonymity

Where participants are misled or wrongly informed about the aims of the research, this is referred to as

(a)  

After the research is over the participant should be able to discuss the procedure and the findings with the psychologist. This is called

(a)  

What are the three most common experimental designs in psychological research:

• Independent measures

• dependent measures

• Repeated measures

• Matched pairs

The independent measures design is also known as____________ .

• independent sample

• random assignment

• control condition

• data collection

(a)   uses two separate groups of participants, and each participant is tested in only one condition of the experiment.