Ethical Considerations in Psychological Research Studies
Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis.
Ethical Considerations and Their Relation to Research Studies at the BLOA
Ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis include both physical and mental protection of the participant, consent of the participant, confidentiality between the researcher and the participant and a right for the participant to withdraw from the study. The biological level of analysis states that all cognitions, emotions and behaviours have a physiological basis. Ethical considerations in research studies must be abided in order to ensure that participants, either humans or animals, are not harmed during the process of the study and that the research conducted is ethically valid and acceptable. The two research studies that have ethical consideration issues are "David Reimer" (Money, 1974) and "Adrenaline and Emotion" (Schachter and Singer, 1962).
The first research study that faced ethical issues was the study of David Reimer, by Dr. John Money (1974). The aim of Money's study was to prove that nurture determined gender identity, and not nature. Bruce Reimer, twin of Brian, had his penis accidentally burnt off during circumcision at 7 months of age. Bruce was taken to see Dr. John Money, who suggested that Bruce have a sex change. John Money interviewed the twins once a year in order to be able to support his theory that all people are born gender neutral and that it is the environment that determines gender behaviour. Bruce was raised as a female and was named Brenda, but at 14 years of age was told she was born a boy, and she decided to live as a boy named David. Money found that as David grew up, he began displaying masculine behaviour which caused issues at school. This concluded that gender development is determined by chromosomes and hormones, unlike what Dr. Money had theorized. As in depth as this study was, it had many ethical
Ethical Considerations and Their Relation to Research Studies at the BLOA
Ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis include both physical and mental protection of the participant, consent of the participant, confidentiality between the researcher and the participant and a right for the participant to withdraw from the study. The biological level of analysis states that all cognitions, emotions and behaviours have a physiological basis. Ethical considerations in research studies must be abided in order to ensure that participants, either humans or animals, are not harmed during the process of the study and that the research conducted is ethically valid and acceptable. The two research studies that have ethical consideration issues are "David Reimer" (Money, 1974) and "Adrenaline and Emotion" (Schachter and Singer, 1962).
The first research study that faced ethical issues was the study of David Reimer, by Dr. John Money (1974). The aim of Money's study was to prove that nurture determined gender identity, and not nature. Bruce Reimer, twin of Brian, had his penis accidentally burnt off during circumcision at 7 months of age. Bruce was taken to see Dr. John Money, who suggested that Bruce have a sex change. John Money interviewed the twins once a year in order to be able to support his theory that all people are born gender neutral and that it is the environment that determines gender behaviour. Bruce was raised as a female and was named Brenda, but at 14 years of age was told she was born a boy, and she decided to live as a boy named David. Money found that as David grew up, he began displaying masculine behaviour which caused issues at school. This concluded that gender development is determined by chromosomes and hormones, unlike what Dr. Money had theorized. As in depth as this study was, it had many ethical