A health psychologist conducted a correlational study to investigate the relationship between self-reported weekly alcohol consumption (measured in units) and liver enzyme (ALT) levels. A sample of 50 patients was recruited from a local GP surgery. The psychologist recorded each patient's weekly alcohol intake and their ALT laboratory test results, storing this data alongside their NHS numbers and full names.
Outline how the following ethical consideration could have been dealt with in this study.
Confidentiality
276 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Debates, covering Nature/nurture, Freewill/determinism, Reductionism/holism, Individual/situational explanations, Usefulness of research, Ethical considerations, Conducting socially sensitive research, and Psychology as a science. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.