Exam 4: Ethics

Which of the following is the best way to keep hackers from obtaining personal information on participants when research is conducted over the internet?

Which of the following studies would NOT fall under the "exempt" category of the IRB?

The concept of privacy in research refers to

IRB uses the term "minimal risk" which means

According to the Decision-Plane model studies that are typically difficult to approve are

What is meant by "informed consent?"

A study by Resnick and Schwartz 1973) on verbal conditioning compared participants who were fully informed about the researcher's exact procedure with participants who were simply given a rationale for the study and a description of the task they were to perform. What were the findings of this research?

For psychologists especially, ethical concerns can be divided into three areas. Which of the following is not one of those?

Dr. Johannsen, a faculty member at a small university, is conducting a study on student sexual behaviors. He has three graduate students working with him who do the actual interviewing of participants. Dr. Johannsen realizes that this is a sensitive topic and that some students could be harmed if the information they obtain in the study was seen by people other than his research assistants. Realizing this Dr. Johannsen puts in controls so that the names of each student are not associated with the information they provide. In doing this Dr. Johannsen has tried to meet the moral principle of

Audrey is completing her required undergraduate research project for her honors thesis in psychology. Her research involves surveying college students on their safe-sex practices. Before asking each student to complete the survey, Audrey tells them exactly what the survey is about and what they are expected to do. She then informs them that, while she would like to have them volunteer to participate, they are free to decline to participate with no negative or adverse consequences. In following this procedure, Audrey has met the moral principle of

Which of the following is NOT an integral part of "informed consent?"

Why do psychologists even consider doing research that has the potential for physical or psychological harm for the participants?

It has been shown that giving participants all information about the experiment before they participate, as opposed to sufficient information to decide about participating,

Dr. Doe was investigating the reaction to fear stimuli in children ages 8-12 and obtained parental consent for them to participate. In addition to getting the parental consent, Dr. Doe gave each child information about the experiment in which they were to participate and asked them if they would participate. In asking the children if they would participate, Dr. Doe obtained

According to the Decision-Plane model studies that are high cost and low benefit are typically

identifies individuals responsible for conducting a research study.

Because a researcher may overemphasize the scientific value of their own research,

Dr. Nettles recruits participants for a study on individuals with PTSD. One of her participants is someone who lives in her neighborhood who she finds out has PTSD. She goes home and tells her husband about the neighbor's condition. Dr. Nettles has violated

Debriefing participants can be difficult when doing an Internet study because

When writing the research report Jane thought that Dr. Handle's summary of a prior study was presented in a very understandable way so she copied the summary and put it in her report. Immediately following the summary she put in a reference to Dr. Handle which she assumed would tell the reader that she had taken the summary from that reference. In copying this summary she has