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Ethical guidelines used in psychological research:
Researchers must adhere to ethical guidelines to safeguard the rights and welfare of participants. This includes obtaining consent, ensuring valid and informed consent, allowing voluntary participation, providing debriefing after data collection, maintaining confidentiality by keeping participant data anonymous, avoiding deception by not providing false or misleading information, ensuring participants know they can withdraw at any time, respecting participants' privacy by not requiring unnecessary personal disclosures, and minimizing harm while maximizing benefits, ensuring that participants face no more risk than they would in their everyday lives.
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- Researchers must adhere to ethical guidelines to safeguard the rights and welfare of participants. This includes obtaining consent, ensuring valid and informed consent, allowing voluntary participation, providing debriefing after data collection, maintaining confidentiality by keeping participant data anonymous, avoiding deception by not providing false or misleading information, ensuring participants know they can withdraw at any time, respecting participants' privacy by not requiring unnecessary personal disclosures, and minimizing harm while maximizing benefits, ensuring that participants face no more risk than they would in their everyday lives.
- Apply knowledge of ethical guidelines to new situations, including suggestions for enhancing compliance with these guidelines.
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