This challenge exercise provides a set of questions to help you direct a discussion of ethics in researcher to articulate your views: a.            Who in society should decide whether a research...

This challenge exercise provides a set of questions to help you direct a discussion of ethics in researcher to articulate your views:

a.            Who in society should decide whether a research topic is morally/ethically defensible?

b.            Who should decide whether your proposed research study is morally/ethically defensible?

c.             When could there be a tension between “scientifically valid” and “ethically appropriate” research?

d.            Are laboratory experiments with random assignment necessary? When?

e.            Should research conducted in universities be required to have a practical benefit?

f.             At the current time, are there any groups in society that university research should focus on? Elaborate.

g.            On what topics should research psychologists conduct their research?

h.            What topics should research psychologists avoid?