Ethical Concerns in Psychological Research
Conducting a research that involves humans or animal subjects require the experimenters or researchers to behave in a standardized manner. Standardized manner refers to adhering to the ethical concerns that has to be obeyed by the experimenters in order create a conducive environment for the subjects. Psychological researchers are required to seek consent before conducting an experiment that involves humans as subjects (Bordens & Abbott, 2002). For instance, adults are supposed to sign a consent form that confirms their agreements to participate in the study. Moreover, parents whose children are used in research studies must be informed in prior to seek their permissions of their kids' involvements.
Adherence to Ethical Standards
Researchers are needed to specify the procedures that their study will adopt. Use of deception or wrong information to lure the subjects into participating in the study is against the ethical standards that governs research in behavioral and social subjects. For instance, they have to follow the Nuremberg Code. According to Bordens & Abbott (2002), the code gave room for participants to express their opinions on the inclusion and exclusion in an experiment. Participants in a study must be respected, treated as autonomous, and allowed to voluntary participate in the study. Protecting the wellbeing of the research participants and applying justice to all creates room for them to choose and voluntarily decides to take part in the exercise. However, experimenters tend to mistreat animals subjects during the research process.
Research Fraud and Its Impact
Research frauds affect the outcomes of studies. It involves data fabrication, plagiarism, and falsification both at collection and reporting levels are against standardized manner in which researchers are supposed to obey. While researchers may want to justify false ideas through data fabrication, fraud in research interferes with the validity and reliability of any psychological research.
Reference
Bordens, K. S., " Abbott, B. B. (2002). Research design and methods: A process approach. McGraw-Hill.
