Research Methods: Concepts and Connections First Edition Michael Passer Research Methods: Concepts and Connections First Edition Chapter 3: Conducting Ethical Research Clicker Questions Questions by Melissa Terlecki, Cabrini College © 2013 by Worth Publishers
Chapter 3 Ethics are NOT concerned with: how scientists manipulate and measure variables. the coercion of participants. safeguarding confidentiality. verification of experimental hypotheses.
Chapter 3 (Answer) Ethics are NOT concerned with: how scientists manipulate and measure variables. the coercion of participants. safeguarding confidentiality. verification of experimental hypotheses.
Chapter 3 2. Which involved the unethical experimentation on Nazi concentration camp inmates? the Nuremberg Code the Belmont Report the Tuskegee Syphilis Study The Common Rule
Chapter 3 (Answer) 2. Which involved the unethical experimentation on Nazi concentration camp inmates? the Nuremberg Code the Belmont Report the Tuskegee Syphilis Study The Common Rule
Chapter 3 3. Which current American Psychological Association (APA) ethics code states that psychologists should be honest and truthful? beneficence and nonmaleficence fidelity and responsibility integrity justice
Chapter 3 (Answer) 3. Which current American Psychological Association (APA) ethics code states that psychologists should be honest and truthful? beneficence and nonmaleficence fidelity and responsibility integrity justice
Chapter 3 4. APA ethics codes: offer precise recipes for making all the moral decisions a researcher might confront. have broad language that produces ambiguity. guarantee that all psychologists follow the codes. ensure zero risk (potential harm).
Chapter 3 (Answer) 4. APA ethics codes: offer precise recipes for making all the moral decisions a researcher might confront. have broad language that produces ambiguity. guarantee that all psychologists follow the codes. ensure zero risk (potential harm).
Chapter 3 5. Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) do NOT: include at least five members from varying backgrounds. review research for ethical standards. indicate that no research is exempt from review. indicate that some research qualifies for expedited review.
Chapter 3 (Answer) 5. Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) do NOT: include at least five members from varying backgrounds. review research for ethical standards. indicate that no research is exempt from review. indicate that some research qualifies for expedited review.
Chapter 3 6. The probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort in research cannot be greater than those encountered in daily life or routine exams/tests. This is called: minimal risk. risk/benefit ratio. at risk. risk of social harm.
Chapter 3 (Answer) 6. The probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort in research cannot be greater than those encountered in daily life or routine exams/tests. This is called: minimal risk. risk/benefit ratio. at risk. risk of social harm.
Chapter 3 7. Which type of harm concerns anonymity and confidentiality? physical harm psychological harm social harm and loss of privacy economic or legal harm
Chapter 3 (Answer) 7. Which type of harm concerns anonymity and confidentiality? physical harm psychological harm social harm and loss of privacy economic or legal harm
Chapter 3 8. Which challenge to research ethics involves a participant being unable to comprehend the complete details of a research study but may provide evidence of being willing to agree to participate in a study? incidental finding subjectivity of risk assessment informed consent assent
Chapter 3 (Answer) 8. Which challenge to research ethics involves a participant being unable to comprehend the complete details of a research study but may provide evidence of being willing to agree to participate in a study? incidental finding subjectivity of risk assessment informed consent assent
Chapter 3 9. Which component of deception involves an accomplice of the investigator who is trained to act in a certain way? debriefing confederate contamination cover story
Chapter 3 (Answer) 9. Which component of deception involves an accomplice of the investigator who is trained to act in a certain way? debriefing confederate contamination cover story
Chapter 3 principle of justice 10. Which APA Ethics Code is NOT violated by deception? principle of justice principle of respect for people’s rights and dignity principle of integrity principle of beneficence and nonmaleficence
Chapter 3 (Answer) principle of justice 10. Which APA Ethics Code is NOT violated by deception? principle of justice principle of respect for people’s rights and dignity principle of integrity principle of beneficence and nonmaleficence
Chapter 3 11. Which is NOT a reason comparative and experimental psychologists study animals? animals typically mature and pass through the life cycle more quickly than humans. background noise can be more easily controlled. some conditions cannot be ethically investigated in humans. animals have no ethical rights.
Chapter 3 (Answer) 11. Which is NOT a reason comparative and experimental psychologists study animals? animals typically mature and pass through the life cycle more quickly than humans. background noise can be more easily controlled. some conditions cannot be ethically investigated in humans. animals have no ethical rights.
Chapter 3 12. Which ethical position argues all sentient beings have moral standing, but not necessarily equal standing? inherent-rights perspective pro-use perspective utilitarian perspective animal-rights activism
Chapter 3 (Answer) 12. Which ethical position argues all sentient beings have moral standing, but not necessarily equal standing? inherent-rights perspective pro-use perspective utilitarian perspective animal-rights activism
Chapter 3 13. Which specifically addresses the research use of warm-blooded vertebrates, excluding mice, rats, and birds? Animal Welfare Act Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Chapter 3 (Answer) 13. Which specifically addresses the research use of warm-blooded vertebrates, excluding mice, rats, and birds? Animal Welfare Act Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Chapter 3 14. Which is NOT one of the Three Rs of ethical standards? Regulation Reduction Refinement Replacement
Chapter 3 (Answer) 14. Which is NOT one of the Three Rs of ethical standards? Regulation Reduction Refinement Replacement
Chapter 3 15. Which is NOT a questionable research practice (QRP)? fabricating or falsifying data plagiarism making false or deceptive statements dropping “bad” data
Chapter 3 (Answer) 15. Which is NOT a questionable research practice (QRP)? fabricating or falsifying data plagiarism making false or deceptive statements dropping “bad” data