Exam 4: Ethics in Research

Although the intent of informed consent is to provide participants with complete information about a research study before they agree to participate,often this is impossible because

The initial version of the APA ethics code was known as the Belmont Report.

Which of the following is not included as part of the APA ethical guidelines?

Which element of ethical responsibility requires special attention for populations such as young children or people diagnosed with mental retardation?

APA ethical guidelines allow researchers to deliberately mislead participants about the purpose of a research study.

Describe the two basic categories of ethical responsibility that a researcher has.

What kind of research was the focus for most of the early attempts to establish ethical research guidelines?

If individuals are coerced into participating in a research study,then the principle of informed consent is being violated.

Which of the following is a concern for research ethics?

The IRB is responsible for ensuring the wellbeing of nonhuman research subjects as well as human research participants.

The Institutional Review Board (IRB)is responsible for reviewing

Informed consent involves three elements: information,understanding,and volunteering.Describe how the intent of informed consent can be compromised by limitations in any one of these three elements.

The Milgram study involved

The Nuremberg Code was developed

Clinical equipoise refers to

Debriefing is

Prior to the end of WWII,guidelines for research ethics were established

Briefly explain why a researcher might find it necessary to use deception in a research study.

Researchers often use a coding system to identify data during the course of a research study.The reason for using codes is

Active deception refers to