On two kinds of “recipients” of professional actions undertaken by psychologists

  • Jerzy Marian Brzeziński Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Keywords: methodological awareness; ethical awareness; psychologist; human participant; integrity; ethical standards

Abstract

In the article, the author introduces a distinction between two types of recipients: individuals (institutions) seeking the assistance of a practitioner psychologist, and practitioner psychologists, who use the results of the work of research psychologists in order to make their assistance ethical and effective. The article stresses the role of methodological awareness (as important as ethical awareness). The the central idea of the paper is R. Rosenthal’s thesis: “Bad science makes for bad ethics.”

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Published
2019-04-04
Section
Discussion