PSY 101 Chapter 2 Activity_ Ethics in Research.

Research Paper > PSY 101 Chapter 2 Activity_ Ethics in Research.

Wilmington University PSY 101 Purpose of assignment: To learn how ethics, informed consent, and deception apply in research. Instructions: Please fill out this worksheet, save it, and then resubmit your answers on this worksheet by 11:59pm EST on Sunday of the course week. Step 1: Review the following information and linked articles: ● The American Psychological Ass ...[Show More]

Wilmington University
PSY 101
Purpose of assignment: To learn how ethics, informed consent, and deception apply in research.
Instructions: Please fill out this worksheet, save it, and then resubmit your answers on this worksheet by 11:59pm
EST on Sunday of the course week.
Step 1: Review the following information and linked articles:
● The American Psychological Association has a Code of Ethics, which applies to many areas of the practice
of psychology. One of these areas is research. Your text discusses the ethical parameters and rules of
psychological research in Chapter 2, section 2-5.
● Your course text also states “Researchers working in universities and other agencies receiving federal
funding must receive the approval of institutional review boards (IRBs) for human participant research and
institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) before conducting research.” (2016). The rules
enforced by the IRBs and IACUCs are based on the APA Code of Ethics.
● In 2014 a collaborative study conducted by Facebook and Cornell University. conducted to investigate the
potential emotional effects of reading the Facebook “News Feed” on 689,003 users, unbeknownst to them.
This has become a very controversial study due to numerous criticisms that the researchers from Cornell did
not follow the APA Code of Ethics research guidelines. (an FYI: Facebook is not governed by any of the APA
or IRB rules because they are a private company.)
Links:
Cornell Ethics Board Did Not Preapprove Facebook Manipulation Study; The Washington Post
Everything We Wanted to Know about Facebook’s Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment; The Atlantic
APA Code of Ethics, Section 8
Step 2: In the space below cite both article references in APA format below, as you would on a reference page of a
research paper. Hint: More article details can be found within the links. Worth 10 points.
*For formatting help use the following link to the Perdue writing website for APA style information.