Research Methods - Lesson 1 Ethical Issues BATs Outline ethical issues in Psychological Research Explain how psychologists deal with each ethical issue. Apply the code of ethics issued by the BPS to consider if a piece of research should be allowed

Ethical Issues – Lesson 2 Read pages in Exploring Psychology and/or pages of the Complete Companion Do the activity – Thinking Critically about Psychology p114 Exploring Psychology Create a summary sheet to highlight for each ethical issue… the BPS guidelines, how to deal with the issue and the limitations of each method.

Ethical Issues – Lesson 3 Set up an Ethics Committee – see p 73 of Complete Companion 6 groups – one for each issue Devise a piece of research that raises that issue. Use the sheet to write a proposal Pass your proposal to another group, who now become the Ethical Committee for your proposal. – Use the worksheet to help you decide whether the study should proceed Extension work – p71 Complete Companion q3.2 a-e

Homework Do the ‘What if?’ worksheet Find out about either Milgram (1963) p164 or Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment ( ) What ethical issues were involved with the experiment you chose? What did Milgram or Zimbardo do to address these issues? Would the research be allowed today? Give a reason for your answer.