Paper 3 Psychology Revision
Issues and Debates
Ethics:
Proposed by the BPS, which sets guidelines in terms of ethical
considerations for researchers to follow
- Confidentiality – only sharing information on need-to-know basis
- Informed consent – Participants agreeing to all terms of the study
- Right to withdraw – A right to leave/join the study whenever the
participants please
- Deception – Participants should not be given any misleading
information about the study; researchers should not suggest things
that are not true
- Debrief – only applies if the participants had been deceived, stating
the true aims of the study after the study is over. May give
participants a peace of mind.
- Protection of participants – ensuring all participants are safe from
any physical or psychological harm.
- Competence – The researcher must be trained and capable of
conducting a study ethically and safely.
Socially Sensitive Research:
Proposed by Seiber and Stanley in 1998, they proposed 4 things: research
question, institutional context, applications to society and methodology.
Social sensitivity is in reference to themes, theories or studies that have
the potential to make others uncomfortable
- Research question – aim of the study
- Institutional context – who funded the study, where did it happen
and why
- Applications to society – does it change policies; how can the
findings be used/misused.
- Methodology – any of the GRAVE points
Nature and nurture:
- Nature – innate, biological basis. Not really influenced by external
things
- Nature – purely influenced by stimuli, the environment. There is no
bio basis
Issues and Debates
Ethics:
Proposed by the BPS, which sets guidelines in terms of ethical
considerations for researchers to follow
- Confidentiality – only sharing information on need-to-know basis
- Informed consent – Participants agreeing to all terms of the study
- Right to withdraw – A right to leave/join the study whenever the
participants please
- Deception – Participants should not be given any misleading
information about the study; researchers should not suggest things
that are not true
- Debrief – only applies if the participants had been deceived, stating
the true aims of the study after the study is over. May give
participants a peace of mind.
- Protection of participants – ensuring all participants are safe from
any physical or psychological harm.
- Competence – The researcher must be trained and capable of
conducting a study ethically and safely.
Socially Sensitive Research:
Proposed by Seiber and Stanley in 1998, they proposed 4 things: research
question, institutional context, applications to society and methodology.
Social sensitivity is in reference to themes, theories or studies that have
the potential to make others uncomfortable
- Research question – aim of the study
- Institutional context – who funded the study, where did it happen
and why
- Applications to society – does it change policies; how can the
findings be used/misused.
- Methodology – any of the GRAVE points
Nature and nurture:
- Nature – innate, biological basis. Not really influenced by external
things
- Nature – purely influenced by stimuli, the environment. There is no
bio basis
