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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Account Res. 2015;22(3):123–138. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2014.955607

Table 3.

Proposed heuristics for current APA guidelines

Current APA Guideline Proposed Simplified Heuristic
Before recording the voices or images of individuals to whom they provide services, psychologists obtain permission from all such persons or their legal representatives.(See also Standards 8.03, Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research; 8.05, Dispensing With Informed Consent for Research; and 8.07, Deception in Research.) Obtain permission before recording; otherwise you cannot use it for research purposes.
Psychologists do not file or encourage the filing of ethics complaints that are made with reckless disregard for or willful ignorance of facts that would disprove the allegation. Evaluate facts and evidence before filing.