This is what I felt like before the symposium
This is what I felt like after the symposium
It was a very long day! But very much worth it and a lot of fun.
So at the symposium we heard a lot of talk about sexual consent. In order to have a healthy relationship with another person, we must make sure that we are honest to our partners and to ourselves about our boundaries and wishes. Just as you would would not want to be involved sexually in anything you are not cofortable with, or that you do not want to do, your partner may feel the same about other sexual activities, therefore, consent should be obtained from one-another to continue on with the activity, to prevent from any regret or awkwardness in the fututre, as well as maintain an honest relationship.
I am sure most of us have had at least one instance where we were not comfortable with something we did, sexual or not, and even though we were not asked for consent, we proceeded regardless. This can cause an issue with how genuine you were during that task, but not only that, ethical problems can arrise as well. Consent is a term used during many life situations, social psychology research being one of them. In 1974, the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare decided it was time to implement a few regulations to to protect a person's privacy while being a research participant. Now-a-days, there are these boards made up of many people called (IRB'S) or institutional review boards, which makes sure that our privacy, ethical beliefs, and health are protected during any study. The American Psychological Association created an ethical guideline called "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, and within this code are underlying obigations to protect us. A huge one is call informed consent.
See! There's that word again, consent.
In order to obtain informed consent from a participant, each participant must individually be asked if they are okay to volunteer in the study after they have been told what is required of them during the study, how long the study is for, and after they have been told they are free to withdrawl from the study at anytime if they want. It is important to understand though if the study keeps the participants anonymous, in some cases imformed consent may not be required. One instance of this is during a natural observation. Overall, informed consent is a great addition and important piece of social psychology research because although we want to learn about the individual, the individual has to be willing to tell us that part of their story.
Your social psycista, Abby
(American Psychological Association. (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. American Psychologist, 57, 1060-1073.
So at the symposium we heard a lot of talk about sexual consent. In order to have a healthy relationship with another person, we must make sure that we are honest to our partners and to ourselves about our boundaries and wishes. Just as you would would not want to be involved sexually in anything you are not cofortable with, or that you do not want to do, your partner may feel the same about other sexual activities, therefore, consent should be obtained from one-another to continue on with the activity, to prevent from any regret or awkwardness in the fututre, as well as maintain an honest relationship.
I am sure most of us have had at least one instance where we were not comfortable with something we did, sexual or not, and even though we were not asked for consent, we proceeded regardless. This can cause an issue with how genuine you were during that task, but not only that, ethical problems can arrise as well. Consent is a term used during many life situations, social psychology research being one of them. In 1974, the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare decided it was time to implement a few regulations to to protect a person's privacy while being a research participant. Now-a-days, there are these boards made up of many people called (IRB'S) or institutional review boards, which makes sure that our privacy, ethical beliefs, and health are protected during any study. The American Psychological Association created an ethical guideline called "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, and within this code are underlying obigations to protect us. A huge one is call informed consent.
See! There's that word again, consent.
In order to obtain informed consent from a participant, each participant must individually be asked if they are okay to volunteer in the study after they have been told what is required of them during the study, how long the study is for, and after they have been told they are free to withdrawl from the study at anytime if they want. It is important to understand though if the study keeps the participants anonymous, in some cases imformed consent may not be required. One instance of this is during a natural observation. Overall, informed consent is a great addition and important piece of social psychology research because although we want to learn about the individual, the individual has to be willing to tell us that part of their story.
Your social psycista, Abby
(American Psychological Association. (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. American Psychologist, 57, 1060-1073.
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