Applying research findings to enhance pre-practicum ethics training
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Ethics & Behavior
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Online
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
23558
Abstract
Professions have a social obligation to ensure that their members’ professional behavior is morally appropriate. The psychology profession in most jurisdictions delegates the responsibility of ensuring that psychologists entering the profession are ethically competent to pre-practicum training programs. Educators responsible for teaching the ethics courses in these programs often base them on Rest’s (1984, 1994) theory that does not take into account a vast amount of contemporary psychological and neuroscientific research data on moral decision making. My aim with this article is therefore to summarize the psychological and neuroscience research findings relevant to moral decision making and consider how educators who teach ethics courses can apply them in developing ethics courses grounded in research.
DOI
10.1080/10508422.2017.1313705
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Comments
Allan, A. (2017). Applying research findings to enhance pre-practicum ethics training. Ethics & Behavior, 28(6), 465-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2017.1313705