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MPS620 Applied Research Methods and Statistics

Module 5 Discussion

DQ1 Historical
and Philosophical context of research ethics

1a. After
reading the assigned article, identify and explain at least 3 historical or
philosophical reasons why ethical considerations are needed when conducting
research in the field of psychology.

1b.
Describe and explain what additional (social, cultural, legal) considerations
do you think psychology researchers should include when conducting ethical
research studies in the field of psychology

Be sure to
provide specific examples and respond to another student. Please make sure to
cite your sources.

DQ2 Case
Study: Ethics

Case study:
(Adopted from Muriel J. Bebeau, et al., Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research:
Cases for Teaching and Assessment. Bloomington, Indiana: Poynter Center, 1995.)

Dr. Judy
Brewster, long interested in the effects of exposure to maladaptive
environments on development, plans to design a study to examine resilience. To
learn more about the characteristics associated with resilience to
environmental insult, Jane will study fourth, sixth and eighth graders who have
been exposed to violence within their communities.

Youths will
be assessed at six-month intervals for a period of four years. Assessments will
be conducted in school through group-administered written surveys and
individual interviews of approximately one to two hours in length. The amount
and frequency of exposure to community violence will be measured, as well as
short- and long-term psychological (anxiety, depression, perception of social
support), behavioral (academic achievement, risk engagement) and coping
responses.

Ms. Rosen,
the principal of a private religious school, has agreed to allow her school to
participate in the study. She is eager to assist her students and suggests that
Judy begin at once. When Judy asks for advice on how to approach parents for
their permission, the principal says it would be difficult to obtaining
responses from every parent in the fourth, sixth, and eighth grades; Ms. Rosen
suggests that a letter be sent to parents advising them that the study will be
conducted and asking them to return the permission form if they do not want
their child to participate.

Approximately
two years into her study, Judy notices two distinct patterns of adaptation.
Some of the children exhibit signs of distress, anxiety and depression, and
report that they have begun to engage in multiple risk behaviors such as
substance use, delinquency, violence and sexual promiscuity. Other children
show no signs of distress, or have outgrown and discontinued such behaviors.
Judy is concerned about the acting-out youth, but she notes that many children
have engaged in such behaviors and later discontinued engagement.

2a. Based
on the case study presented above, identify and explain at least one ethical
concern in this study. Furthermore, please explain how the researcher can address
this concern in order to ensure the ethical guidelines to participating in the
research studies are being followed.