Moreso, think about Skinner! Man, no research with his daughter? She was one of his main research subjects. :)
Nina > Hi > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Bill Scott wrote: > >> Does he plan to publish the results as a member of your institution? If >> so, then the IRB should be involved. > > I think that Bill is technically correct about how most IRBs > would interpret such a plan, but it perhaps illustrates how > distorted (perverse?) ethics requirements have become in the > social sciences. This parent can do pretty much what he or she > wants with a child (within the law of course), and the parent > could disseminate the results however (media, internet, book, > ...). But somehow wanting to publish the results in a > professional journal places all kinds of restrictions on the > conduct of the parent and mandates prior approval. It is not > exactly clear how this benefits either the child or research. > Imagine poor Piaget if ethics reviews had been the norm in his > day! Perhaps we shouldn't be disseminating his ideas given they > were based on data collected in an unprincipled way according to > current guidelines. > > Best wishes > Jim > > ============================================================================ > James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 > Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax > University of Winnipeg 4L05D > Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > ============================================================================ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dr. Nina L. Tarner 325 Math/Psychology Building Department of Psychology UMBC Baltimore, MD. 21250 410-455-3704 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
