A Researcher Tackling a 'Big Question' Is Likely to Come

Multiple Choice

A researcher tackling a 'big question' is likely to come under a number of pressures - most notably these include the possibility that their errors could have damaging broad-ranging societal implications or that an error could harm people directly dependent upon the research. What is the other most significant pressure that might emerge?

A) The possibility that any error could misdirect future theoretical development within psychology
B) The question is answered by another researcher
C) The question is so big that it fragments into many sub-questions
D) The question is superseded by other questions