The university student as a study subject in psychology

["John Torakis"]

April 15, 2024

Abstract This essay explores the topic of participation of university students to scientific studies, with a focus on Psychology students. The topic is introduced through historical examples, that participation proved to be ethically questionable and later was examined in two ways. The student-centered perspective on ethics of participation, such as the possibility of coercion and the effect of reward to the participants, are all inspected in this essay. Also, a more result-driven approach is taken, attempting to find out whether the phenomenon of student participants does impact the study results themselves. ...