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Week 1 – Assignment

Ethical Research

Due to significant violations of federal and institutional rules and regulations, ethical issues in human participant research have received increasing attention over the past 50 years. While it might seem obvious that respect, integrity, fidelity, and justice should serve as the ethical foundation for all research activities, this has not always been the case for research involving human participation.

Instructions:

After reviewing Standard 8: Research and Publication of the APA Ethics Code, select three of the substandard and discuss their importance with respect to research activities. The fifteen sub-standards include:

8.1 Institutional Approval
8.2 Informed Consent to Research
8.3 Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research
8.4 Client/Patient, Student, and Subordinate Research Participants
8.5 Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
8.6 Offering Inducements for Research Participation
8.7 Deception in Research
8.8 Debriefing
8.9 Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research
8.10 Reporting Research Results
8.11 Plagiarism
8.12 Publication Credit
8.13 Duplicate Publication of Data
8.14 Sharing Research Data for Verification
8.15 Reviewers

Consider a proposed research study that interests you and discusses how these standards would apply during the research process, including how you might ensure the protection of human subjects in a study on your topic.

Locate at least two scholarly references from the  Library to support your discussion. Your paper should be 700-1050

APA Ethical Guidelines for Research
8. Research and Publication
8.01 Institutional Approval
When institutional approval is required, psychologists provide accurate information about their research proposals and obtain approval
prior to conducting the research. They conduct the research in accordance with the approved research protocol.
8.02 Informed Consent to Research
(a) When obtaining informed consent as required in Standard 3.10, Informed Consent, psychologists inform participants about (1) the
purpose of the research, expected duration, and procedures; (2) their right to decline to participate and to withdraw from the research
once participation has begun; (3) the foreseeable consequences of declining or withdrawing; (4) reasonably foreseeable factors that
may be expected to influence their willingness to participate such as potential risks, discomfort, or adverse effects; (5) any prospective
research benefits; (6) limits of confidentiality; (7) incentives for participation; and (8) whom to contact for questions about the research
and research participants’ rights. They provide an opportunity for the prospective participants to ask questions and receive answers. (See
also Standards 8.03, Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research; 8.05, Dispensing With Informed Consent for
Research; and 8.07, Deception in Research.)
(b) Psychologists conducting intervention research involving the use of experimental treatments clarify to participants at the outset of
the research (1) the experimental nature of the treatment; (2) the services that will or will not be available to the control group(s) if appropriate;
(3) the means by which assignment to treatment and control groups will be made; (4) available treatment alternatives if an
individual does not wish to participate in the research or wishes to withdraw once a study has begun; and (5) compensation for or monetary
costs of participating including, if appropriate, whether reimbursement from the participant or a third-party payor will be sought.
(See also Standard 8.02a, Informed Consent to Research.)
8.03 Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research
Psychologists obtain informed consent from research participants prior to recording their voices or images for data collection unless (1)
the research consists solely of naturalistic observations in public places, and it is not anticipated that the recording will be used in a
manner that could cause personal identification or harm, or (2) the research design includes deception, and consent for the use of the
recording is obtained during debriefing. (See also Standard 8.07, Deception in Research.)
8.04 Client/Patient, Student, and Subordinate Research Participants
(a) When psychologists conduct research with clients/patients, students, or subordinates as participants, psychologists take steps to
protect the prospective participants from adverse consequences of declining or withdrawing from participation.
(b) When research participation is a course requirement or an opportunity for extra credit, the prospective participant is given the choice
of equitable alternative activities.
8.05 Dispensing With Informed Consent for Research
Psychologists may dispense with informed consent only (1) where research would not reasonably be assumed to create distress or
harm and involves (a) the study of normal educational practices, curricula, or classroom management methods conducted in educational
settings; (b) only anonymous questionnaires, naturalistic observations, or archival research for which disclosure of responses would
not place participants at risk of criminal or civil liability or damage their financial standing, employability, or reputation, and confidentiality
is protected; or (c) the study of factors related to job or organization effectiveness conducted in organizational settings for which there
is no risk to participants’ employability, and confidentiality is protected or (2) where otherwise permitted by law or federal or institutional
regulations.
8.06 Offering Inducements for Research Participation
(a) Psychologists make reasonable efforts to avoid offering excessive or inappropriate financial or other inducements for research participation
when such inducements are likely to coerce participation.
(b) When offering professional services as an inducement for research participation, psychologists clarify the nature of the services, as
well as the risks, obligations, and limitations. (See also Standard 6.05, Barter With Clients/Patients.)
8.07 Deception in Research
(a) Psychologists do not conduct a study involving deception unless they have determined that the use of deceptive techniques is justified
by the study’s significant prospective scientific, educational, or applied value and that effective nondeceptive alternative procedures
are not feasible.
(b) Psychologists do not deceive prospective participants about research that is reasonably expected to cause physical pain or severe
emotional distress.
(c) Psychologists explain any deception that is an integral feature of the design and conduct of an experiment to participants as early as
is feasible, preferably at the conclusion of their participation, but no later than at the conclusion of the data collection, and permits participants
to withdraw their data. (See also Standard 8.08, Debriefing.)
8.08 Debriefing
(a) Psychologists provide a prompt opportunity for participants to obtain appropriate information about the nature, results, and conclusions
of the research, and they take reasonable steps to correct any misconceptions that participants may have of which the psychologists
are aware.
(b) If scientific or humane values justify delaying or withholding this information, psychologists take reasonable measures to reduce the
risk of harm.
(c) When psychologists become aware that research procedures have harmed a participant, they take reasonable steps to minimize the
harm.
8.09 Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research
(a) Psychologists acquire, care for, use, and dispose of animals in compliance with current federal, state, and local laws and regulations,
and with professional standards.
(b) Psychologists trained in research methods and experienced in the care of laboratory animals supervise all procedures involving animals
and are responsible for ensuring appropriate consideration of their comfort, health, and humane treatment.
(c) Psychologists ensure that all individuals under their supervision who are using animals have received instruction in research methods
and in the care, maintenance, and handling of the species being used, to the extent appropriate to their role. (See also Standard
2.05, Delegation of Work to Others.)
(d) Psychologists make reasonable efforts to minimize the discomfort, infection, illness, and pain of animal subjects.
(e) Psychologists use a procedure subjecting animals to pain, stress, or privation only when an alternative procedure is unavailable and
the goal is justified by its prospective scientific, educational, or applied value.
(f) Psychologists perform surgical procedures under appropriate anesthesia and follow techniques to avoid infection and minimize pain
during and after surgery.
(g) When it is appropriate that an animal’s life be terminated, psychologists proceed rapidly, with an effort to minimize pain and in accordance
with accepted procedures.
8.10 Reporting Research Results
(a) Psychologists do not fabricate data. (See also Standard 5.01a, Avoidance of False or Deceptive Statements.)
(b) If psychologists discover significant errors in their published data, they take reasonable steps to correct such errors in a correction,
retraction, erratum, or other appropriate publication means.
8.11 Plagiarism
Psychologists do not present portions of another’s work or data as their own, even if the other work or data source is cited occasionally.
8.12 Publication Credit
(a) Psychologists take responsibility and credit, including authorship credit, only for work they have actually performed or to which they
have substantially contributed. (See also Standard 8.12b, Publication Credit.)
(b) Principal authorship and other publication credits accurately reflect the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals
involved, regardless of their relative status. Mere possession of an institutional position, such as department chair, does not justify
authorship credit. Minor contributions to the research or to the writing for publications are acknowledged appropriately, such as in footnotes
or in an introductory statement.
(c) Except under exceptional circumstances, a student is listed as principal author on any multiple-authored article that is substantially
based on the student’s doctoral dissertation. Faculty advisors discuss publication credit with students as early as feasible and throughout
the research and publication process as appropriate. (See also Standard 8.12b, Publication Credit.)
8.13 Duplicate Publication of Data
Psychologists do not publish, as original data, data that have been previously published. This does not preclude republishing data when
they are accompanied by proper acknowledgment.
8.14 Sharing Research Data for Verification
(a) After research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent
professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose,
provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their
release. This does not preclude psychologists from requiring that such individuals or groups be responsible for costs associated with
the provision of such information.
(b) Psychologists who request data from other psychologists to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis may use shared data
only for the declared purpose. Requesting psychologists obtain prior written agreement for all other uses of the data.
8.15 Reviewers
Psychologists who review material submitted for presentation, publication, grant, or research proposal review respect the confidentiality
of and the proprietary rights in such information of those who submitted it.