Behavioral Scientists Can Take on a Variety of Roles When

Multiple Choice

Behavioral scientists can take on a variety of roles when it comes to influencing social policy decisions. A potential pitfall of taking on the social activist role is that scientists might

A) be overly objective in describing relevant research.
B) be correctly perceived as experts.
C) see themselves as acting improperly because scientific codes of ethics prohibit scientists from being social activists.
D) inadvertently misrepresent the relevant research so that it appears to be more favorable to their position than it really is.