ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY Psychology GCSE / iGCSE; GCE A Level / iA Level / IB

ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY Psychology GCSE / iGCSE; GCE A Level / iA Level / IB

A teacher resource booklet containing the a broad overview of the ethical principles involved across psychology research. This is useful for an overview of ethics and developing the understanding of ethical issues as a wider issue and debate in Psychology.

This is an editable 20-page word document whereby you can select content relevant to your programme of study. It is aimed upwards to A Level / IB standard, so for GCSE you can ‘cut-down’.

Topics included are:

Ethics over time
1 The historical context of ethics when doing research.

Ethics in sensitive topics
2 Ethics that may arise as a result of socially sensitive issues include privacy, confidentiality, poor methodology, equitable treatment, and ownership of data.
3 The ethics of doing research such as ethical issues for participants is explored when considering testing obedience of participants

Ethics within specific groups
4 The implications of findings in of studies to inform working practice with vulnerable groups
5 The ethics of doing research such as ethical issues for participants is explored when considering brain damaged patients.
6 The ethics of doing research such as ethical issues of using children in research

Ethics when undertaking research
7 The management of ethics in of studies using a variety of methods to ensure codes of practice are maintained for participants.
8 The ethics of doing research such as ethical issues for animals, is explored when considering the use of animals instead of human participants.

From this you can adapt to your own student booklets, handouts and PowerPoints to meet your own teaching styles and course structures.