Ethical Oversight in Behavioural Genetics Research

To protect individuals and hopefully help society.

To communicate findings in a responsible manner.

To ensure diversity in researchers, participants, and research questions.

<p>Robust findings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Worries about gene therapies and over-medicalization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Environmental factors, social factors, psychiatric factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Demonstrate that genetic information predicts likelihood of offending over and above other well-established risk factors, such as prior history</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tests are not foolproof and the research validating their use is not always well conducted</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Children are currently classified based on reading ability/IQ for setting and streaming at schools</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Insurers might want to use genetic information to estimate risk</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>May in the future be helpful in guiding therapeutic offering</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ethical concerns, fear of the unknown, potential misapplication of findings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure research questions are asked properly, fair funding distribution, and responsible science communication</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Who conducts research, funding distribution, academic career opportunities, focus of research, and context</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To prevent biased interpretation of findings, and to avoid advancing political agendas</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biased interpretation for political agendas, misunderstandings</p> Signup and view all the answers