Ethics in Psychological Research and Practice

Part 1 Research with humans: why are psychologists concerned with ethics? - the "obedience to authority" study; BPS guidelines on research - general, consent, deception, debriefing, withdrawal from the investigation, confidentiality, protection of participation, observational research, giving advice, colleagues' research. Part 2 Ethics in psychological practice: ethics in clinical practice - psychology and psychiatry changing behaviour through learning, behaviour therapy, aversion therapy, behaviour modification, systematic desensitization; ethical considerations of behaviour modification - freedom, control, "cure", the consequences of cure; ethics on psychometric testing - the tester's responsibilities, testing and forensic psychology, testing and occupational psychology. Part 3 Research with animals: why use animals in psychological research? - behavioural continuity, experimental control, detachment, comparing generations, asking the right research questions; ethical guidelines for research using animals - regard for the law, knowing the species, protecting the species, pain and distress, surgery, drugs and euthanasia; the case for psychological research with animals - benefits to animals themselves, protecting people and crops, animal learning applied to humans, research into pain, animal helpers; the debate about animal experimentation - practical matters, ethical matters, the Bateson model.