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
>
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