This task will explore the ethical guidelines to be complied by psychologists in research and analysed the issues as well as importance to conform why it must be followed at all times.

Ethical guidelines have become a vital part of modern psychology with regards to extensive reviews of the researches before it can be implemented, as noted in (The Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participant).
The purpose of these guideline is to protect research participants, the reputation of psychology and psychologist themselves.

At the outset, researchers must obtain the informed consent all participants to encourage consensual agreement. However, some areas of the research are left untold due to validity of the outcome. Therefore, it can be claimed that it does not always occur.

The participants must have a debrief at the end of research to have a good frame of mind and to remove any worries with sense of dignity and views. For example, subjects of Milgram (1963) were offered a good aftercare indicating no further harm to all learners.

Researches must ensure participant are protected to avoid causing distress. However, this has not always been the case in some researching. For example, It could be debated in Bandura et al. (1961)- Bobo Doll experiment. that aggression could have profound effect in the child’s life when it being learned.

Ideally, there must be a degree of honesty to all participant about the actual research however some section of the research may be left untold. For example, craik and Tulving (1975), research about learning process-where subjects we not informed that they would be tested on their memory. Thus minor case of deception.

All datas of participant must be kept confidential to protect participants’ identity as possible. However, some pseudonyms are sometimes used in psychology to maintain anonymity. for example,