Ethical Guidelines

The following Ethical Guidelines have been laid down by the British Psychological Society in order to protect participants in psychological research

• Consent - Researchers should inform all participants of the objectives of the research.

• Deception- Researchers should not withhold or mislead the participants if they are likely to object to this deception during debrief.

• Debriefing - Researchers must debrief the participants before they leave the setting. Debrief does not provide a justification for unethical aspects of the research

• Withdrawal -Researchers must make it clear to the participants that they have a right to withdraw from the experiment at any time during the research.

• Confidentiality - Researchers must keep all information obtained from the participants confidential, unless agreed otherwise.

• Protection- Researchers must protect partipants from any physical or emotion harm

• Observations - Researchers must only observe partipants in environments that people would expect to be obseved by strangers or with prior consent.