Care at every research step
Connect a study’s question with the rights and welfare of its participants.
The picture in words
- Understandable information
- Explain what participation involves.
- Voluntary choice
- Support a meaningful decision to take part.
- Risk and privacy
- Review possible harms and protect information.
- Debriefing
- Explain relevant aspects of the completed study.
Reading the illustration
Read the four checkpoints around the folder as responsibilities extending through a study, from understandable information to explanation afterward.
Try a question
Why does ethical care extend beyond the moment someone agrees to participate?
Show the explanation
Risks, privacy and understanding matter throughout the procedure and afterward. Ethical review considers the full course of participation.
Read the sources
- Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020). Psychology 2e. OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/2-4-ethicsSelected rendered passages: Consent/review/debriefing selected passages.