Question 1

Which of the following statements is/are true about IRB panelists or support staff?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most IRB staff members try to help investigators obtain timely approval for their projects. 
B)  Some panelists can occasionally be overzealous and insist on unreasonable requirements for investigators to meet. 
C)  They might delay approval of a research project until the investigator responds to certain concerns. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
A)  Most IRB staff members try to help investigators obtain timely approval for their projects. 
B)  Some panelists can occasionally be overzealous and insist on unreasonable requirements for investigators to meet. 
C)  They might delay approval of a research project until the investigator responds to certain concerns. 
D)  All of the above are true. D

Question 2

What ethical guidelines is/are violated in the following study? A child therapist thinks the new,untested psychotherapy she recently developed is more effective than physician-prescribed medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.To research the effectiveness of her therapy,she tells parents that the therapy replaces the need for the medications and then provides the therapy to half of her clients,without telling parents about the study or which treatment group their child is in.

Accepted Answer

A)  voluntary participation and informed consent. 
B)  no harm to the participant. 
C)  deceiving subjects. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  none of the above. 
A)  voluntary participation and informed consent. 
B)  no harm to the participant. 
C)  deceiving subjects. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  none of the above. D

Question 3

Ethical issues are distinguished from political issues in research in that

Accepted Answer

A)  ethics deals more with the substance of research. 
B)  politics deals more with the methods of research. 
C)  formal codes of accepted political conduct are not comparable to the codes of ethical conduct. 
D)  ethics deals more with the use of research. 
A)  ethics deals more with the substance of research. 
B)  politics deals more with the methods of research. 
C)  formal codes of accepted political conduct are not comparable to the codes of ethical conduct. 
D)  ethics deals more with the use of research. C

Question 4

Concealing the nature of the study from those being observed violates the norm of voluntary participation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following statements is/are true about IRB procedures or requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  All IRBs use the same amounts of required forms. 
B)  All research must undergo a full review; there are no exemptions for expedited reviews. 
C)  All IRBs are expected to require education on the protection of human research participants for each research assistant in studies involving human subjects. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
A)  All IRBs use the same amounts of required forms. 
B)  All research must undergo a full review; there are no exemptions for expedited reviews. 
C)  All IRBs are expected to require education on the protection of human research participants for each research assistant in studies involving human subjects. 
D)  All of the above are true.

Question 6

If researchers find that a new intervention is not effective,it is ethically acceptable to refrain from reporting the findings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describes the social research profession?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social researchers can never be totally objective. 
B)  Social researchers are humanly subjective. 
C)  Different scientists can and should arrive at the same results when they employ accepted research techniques and set personal values and views aside. 
D)  Social researchers attempt to be value-free. 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  Social researchers can never be totally objective. 
B)  Social researchers are humanly subjective. 
C)  Different scientists can and should arrive at the same results when they employ accepted research techniques and set personal values and views aside. 
D)  Social researchers attempt to be value-free. 
E)  all of the above.

Question 8

Certificates of confidentiality are used because police or other authorities mighorce disclosure of participants' identities in research data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Choose an ethical issue presented in this chapter,create a research situation in which this issue could arise,and tell how you would handle it.

Accepted Answer

An ethical issue presented in this chapt

Question 10

Institutional Review Boards [IRBs]:

Accepted Answer

A)  emerged in response to unethical research experiments. 
B)  aim to protect the rights and interests of research participants. 
C)  may continue to oversee studies after they are implemented. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  emerged in response to unethical research experiments. 
B)  aim to protect the rights and interests of research participants. 
C)  may continue to oversee studies after they are implemented. 
D)  all of the above

Question 11

The quality of an ethically controversial study's research design is never considered relevant to whether that study can be justified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is/are true about the Tuskegee syphilis study?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was stopped shortly after it began. 
B)  Despite the controversy surrounding it, ethicists agreed that its benefits justified its risks. 
C)  A social worker was instrumental in getting it stopped. 
D)  Physicians were NOT involved in it. 
A)  It was stopped shortly after it began. 
B)  Despite the controversy surrounding it, ethicists agreed that its benefits justified its risks. 
C)  A social worker was instrumental in getting it stopped. 
D)  Physicians were NOT involved in it.

Question 13

When names are removed from questionnaires and are replaced with identification numbers so that only the researcher can later link a response to a name,the researcher should tell the respondent that the information is

Accepted Answer

A)  anonymous. 
B)  confidential. 
C)  anonymous and confidential. 
D)  harmless. 
E)  none of the above. 
A)  anonymous. 
B)  confidential. 
C)  anonymous and confidential. 
D)  harmless. 
E)  none of the above.

Question 14

Which of the following questions should be answered in an informed consenorm?

Accepted Answer

A)  What will you be asked to do if you participate in this research study? 
B)  What are the possible discomforts and risks involved in the study? 
C) What are the possible benefits of the study? 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  What will you be asked to do if you participate in this research study? 
B)  What are the possible discomforts and risks involved in the study? 
C) What are the possible benefits of the study? 
D)  All of the above.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is/are true about the dilemma involving the right to receive services versus the responsibility to evaluate service effectiveness?

Accepted Answer

A)  This is not really a dilemma, since no conflict in values is involved. 
B)  All professionals agree that services should never be delayed, even if their effects have not yet been verified. 
C) No professionals question the ethics of providing untested services, as long as we have good intentions. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
E)  None of the above is true. 
A)  This is not really a dilemma, since no conflict in values is involved. 
B)  All professionals agree that services should never be delayed, even if their effects have not yet been verified. 
C) No professionals question the ethics of providing untested services, as long as we have good intentions. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
E)  None of the above is true.

Question 16

Once people are told that their participation in a research study is voluntary,there are no ethical problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Identify five commonly recommended guidelines for attempting to avoid bias and insensitivity regarding gender or culture in a study.

Accepted Answer

1. Use inclusive language: When writing

Question 18

Which of the following questions should be answered in an informed consenorm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do you have to participate? 
B)  How will your privacy and the confidentiality of your research records be protected? 
C) Will the researchers benefirom your participation in this study? 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Do you have to participate? 
B)  How will your privacy and the confidentiality of your research records be protected? 
C) Will the researchers benefirom your participation in this study? 
D)  All of the above.

Question 19

The PRIMARY ethical research issue raised by the Milgram study was

Accepted Answer

A)  the willingness of people to harm others when "following orders" required it. 
B)  the administering of electrical shocks. 
C)  the effects of the methods on the experimental subjects. 
D)  the effects of the methods on the learner. 
E)  the examination of obedience as a topic for study. 
A)  the willingness of people to harm others when "following orders" required it. 
B)  the administering of electrical shocks. 
C)  the effects of the methods on the experimental subjects. 
D)  the effects of the methods on the learner. 
E)  the examination of obedience as a topic for study.

Question 20

Science is never influenced by political matters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The Ethics and Politics of Social Work Research

Which of the following statements is/are true about IRB panelists or support staff?

Ethical issues are distinguished from political issues in research in that

Concealing the nature of the study from those being observed violates the norm of voluntary participation.

Which of the following statements is/are true about IRB procedures or requirements?

If researchers find that a new intervention is not effective,it is ethically acceptable to refrain from reporting the findings.

Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describes the social research profession?

Certificates of confidentiality are used because police or other authorities mighorce disclosure of participants' identities in research data.

Choose an ethical issue presented in this chapter,create a research situation in which this issue could arise,and tell how you would handle it.

Institutional Review Boards [IRBs]:

The quality of an ethically controversial study's research design is never considered relevant to whether that study can be justified.

Which of the following statements is/are true about the Tuskegee syphilis study?

When names are removed from questionnaires and are replaced with identification numbers so that only the researcher can later link a response to a name,the researcher should tell the respondent that the information is

Which of the following questions should be answered in an informed consenorm?

Which of the following statements is/are true about the dilemma involving the right to receive services versus the responsibility to evaluate service effectiveness?

Once people are told that their participation in a research study is voluntary,there are no ethical problems.

Identify five commonly recommended guidelines for attempting to avoid bias and insensitivity regarding gender or culture in a study.

Which of the following questions should be answered in an informed consenorm?

The PRIMARY ethical research issue raised by the Milgram study was

Science is never influenced by political matters.

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