Due 12/9 8am
Both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) have developed ethical codes that govern the practice of psychology, and some of these codes pertain to psychological research.
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Review Chapter 3 in your course text, Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences. Pay particular attention to ethical standards related to psychological research.
- Review this week’s DVD program, “Ethics.” Think about the ethical principles that are important to follow when conducting forensic psychology research.
- Review the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct and the American Psychology-Law Society’s (AP-LS) Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists. Focus on the ethical principles, standards, and guidelines that apply to research.
- Select two ethical principles, standards, or guidelines that apply to research and that you believe might or should be revised in the future.
- Think about how the two ethical principles, standards, or guidelines you selected could or should be changed and why.
Post your prediction of how the two ethical principles, standards, or guidelines you selected from the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct or AP-LS’s Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists might be revised in the future, why they might be revised, and what the revision might look like and why.
http://pdf.prisonexp.org/ijcp1973.pdf
https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index
https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/forensic-psychology