Ethics

Catalog description

This ethics course is designed to provide a framework for the development of knowledge and skills related to ethical decision making in psychology. Attention will be given to ethics issues surrounding the science and practice of psychology in a broad context. The course is divided into three sections: (1) Interpersonal: the social context in which research/practice is conducted (e.g., mentoring, the peer-review process, and misconduct). (2) Research: issues pertinent to the collection of data (e.g., legal, ethical, and moral codes applied to human and non-human subjects). (3) Practice: the application of psychology ethics in professional practice settings (e.g., therapist-patient relationships; requirements for teaching). The ultimate goal of this class is to illuminate how ethical issues apply to all students as consumers, producers, and appliers of psychological research – and to embed ethicality in everyday professional practice and research. .