The Ethics of Psychology in the News

Just a quick reminder that you should be reading and thinking about the ethics of psychology in preparation for our tutorial next week.

Here is a recent news item that may stimulate your thinking: a social psychologist has admitted that many of his papers are based on non-existent data. As a result, not only has he lost his job and his doctoral degree, but in addition, many people are questioning whether the practices of research psychologists need to be changed to prevent other cases of fraud.