a ISBN 978-04-15429870-

a ISBN 978-04-15429887-

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number BF76.4

b Item number .B365 2011

a Dewey Classification 174/.915

a Personal name Banyard, Philip,

d Dates associated with a name 1953-

a Title Ethical issues in psychology /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Philip Banyard & Cara Flanagan.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York NY :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Routledge,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.

a Extent viii, 178 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 22 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note Rights and wrongs -- Ethical issues and how to deal with them -- Ethical principles and guidelines Psychological research with human participants -- Psychological research with animals -- Psychology in practice -- Ethics and your research project.

a Summary, etc How do we know right from wrong, good from bad, help from hindrance, and how can we judge the behaviour of others? Ethics are the rules and guidelines that we use to make such judgements. Often there are no clear answers, which make this subject both interesting and potentially frustrating. In this book, the authors offer readers the opportunity to develop and express their own opinions in relation to ethics in psychology. There are many psychological studies that appear to have been harmful or cruel to the people or animals that took part in them. For example, memory researchers carried out studies on a man who had no memory for over forty years, but because he had no memory he was never able to agree to the studies. Is this a reasonable thing to do to someone? Comparative psychologist Harry Harlow found that he could create severe and lasting distress in monkeys by keeping them in social isolation. Is this a reasonable thing to do even if we find out useful things about human distress? If you were able to use psychological techniques to break someone down so that they revealed information that was useful to your government, would you do it? If so, why? If not, why not? These ethical issues are not easy to resolve and the debates continue as we encounter new dilemmas. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and pre-undergraduate students of psychology and related subjects such as philosophy and social policy.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychology

a Personal name Flanagan, Cara,

d Dates associated with a name 1951-