Ethics

The four ethical principles that were developed by the American Psychological Association and

the British Psychological Society are:

1) to gain consent from those who participate

2) prevent harm and discomfort for participants

3) keep confidentiality of the individuals who participated

4) explain the research being made thoroughly

The statement at the bottom of the survey says, “By taking this survey, you have given your

consent to be included as part of the data. The information given will only be seen by Mr.

Jocham and I. If you would like to withdraw your information at any time, please contact me.”

This gives potential participants the option to consent to taking the survey or not. The

participants are not harmed in any way by answering these questions and I made sure not to

discomfort them by staying a good distance away from them while they took the surveys. By

saying that only Mr. Jocham and I will be viewing the surveys, I am keeping the surveys

confidential. Also, because the surveys do not require anyone to write his/her on them, all

participants are anonymous; there is not way to track a paper back to a specific person. When

taking the survey, a participant is informed on what the survey is about because of the two last

questions that are asked. Before I distributed the surveys, I informed participants that they could

ask me any questions that they may have had about the study that I was conducting.