A | B |
confidentiality | all personal information or participation is kept secret |
anonymity | your name in a study is withheld or changed |
Institutional Review Board (IRB) | a committee that reviews research studies involving humans for ethics |
informed consent | describe their research project and obtain the subjects' consent to participate in the research based on the subjects' understanding of the project's methods and goals |
National Research Act (1974) | created a commission that led to the Belmont Report, which created ethical guidelines for research |
Animal Care and Use Committee | reviews research studies involving animals for ethics violations. For example: The Harlow monkey experiment |
APA’s Committee on Animal Research and Ethics (CARE) | 1. Have clear scientific purpose 2. care for and house animals in a humane way 3. least amount of suffering possible |
American Psychological Association | Informed Consent; Deception rules; Deception debriefing; Anonymity; Coercion |