Ethical Issues and Guidelines in Psychology

Ethical Issues and Guidelines in Psychology

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Banyard, Philip
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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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.

EAN 9781134492343
ISBN 1134492340
Binding Ebook
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date April 7, 2006
Pages 192
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Banyard, Philip; Flanagan, Cara (Freelance Author and Senior Examiner, UK)
Series Routledge Modular Psychology