Ethical issues and guidelines in psychology / Philip Banyard and Cara Flanagan

By: Banyard, Philip, 1953- [author.]Contributor(s): Flanagan, Cara, 1951- [author.]Material type: TextTextLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2005©2005 Description: xiii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415268806 (hardback)Subject(s): Psychology -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects | Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects | Psychologists -- Professional ethicsLOC classification: BF76.4 .B36 2005
Contents:
Introduction -- Ethical issues in human research -- Ethical principles and guidelines -- Ethical issues in different kinds of research -- Socially sensitive research -- Psychology in practice -- Psychological research with non-human animals -- Study aids
Summary: How do we know right from wrong, good from bad, help from hindrance, and how can we judge the behavior of others? Ethics are the rules and guidelines that we use to make such judgements. Often there are no clear answers, which make this subject both interesting and potentially frustrating. In this book the authors offer readers the opportunity to develop and express their own opinions in relation to ethics in psychology. There are a number of famous many psychological studies that appear to have been harmful or cruel to the people or animals who took part in them. For example, memory researchers carried out studies on a man who had no memory for over forty years, but because he had no memory, he was never able to agree to the studies. Is this a reasonable thing to do to someone? Comparative psychologist Harry Harlow found that he could create severe and lasting distress in monkeys by keeping them in social isolation. Is this a reasonable thing to do even if we find out useful things about human distress?If you were able to use psychological techniques to break someone down so that they revealed information that was useful to your government would you do it? If so, why and if not, why not? These ethical issues are not easy to resolve and the debates continue as we encounter new dilemmas. The book uses many examples of psychological research to look at key ethical issues ethical guidelines of psychologists socially sensitive research ethics in applied psychology the use of animals in research This book will be essential reading for and undergraduate and pre-undergraduate students studying psychology and students of other subjects concerned with ethics.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index

Introduction -- Ethical issues in human research -- Ethical principles and guidelines -- Ethical issues in different kinds of research -- Socially sensitive research -- Psychology in practice -- Psychological research with non-human animals -- Study aids

How do we know right from wrong, good from bad, help from hindrance, and how can we judge the behavior of others? Ethics are the rules and guidelines that we use to make such judgements. Often there are no clear answers, which make this subject both interesting and potentially frustrating. In this book the authors offer readers the opportunity to develop and express their own opinions in relation to ethics in psychology. There are a number of famous many psychological studies that appear to have been harmful or cruel to the people or animals who took part in them. For example, memory researchers carried out studies on a man who had no memory for over forty years, but because he had no memory, he was never able to agree to the studies. Is this a reasonable thing to do to someone? Comparative psychologist Harry Harlow found that he could create severe and lasting distress in monkeys by keeping them in social isolation. Is this a reasonable thing to do even if we find out useful things about human distress?If you were able to use psychological techniques to break someone down so that they revealed information that was useful to your government would you do it? If so, why and if not, why not? These ethical issues are not easy to resolve and the debates continue as we encounter new dilemmas. The book uses many examples of psychological research to look at key ethical issues ethical guidelines of psychologists socially sensitive research ethics in applied psychology the use of animals in research This book will be essential reading for and undergraduate and pre-undergraduate students studying psychology and students of other subjects concerned with ethics.