Chapter 4 Quiz

The American Psychological Association's ethical guidelines have principles and standards. 3; 10 3; 8 3; 5 5; 10

5; 10

You submit a study for approval by the institutional review board (IRB), and they tell you that written informed consent is required. Which of the following can be excluded from your informed consent document? A statement of benefits A statement of risks A description of the study's hypotheses A list of procedures

A description of the study's hypotheses

Which of the following is NOT an example of coercion? A researcher hinting to participants that their employer will be told if they do not participate A researcher offering three points of extra credit to college students to participate in a study A researcher offering homeless participants $1,000 to participate in a study A researcher telling participants that he will be fired if he is unable to recruit at least 50 participants

A researcher offering three points of extra credit to college students to participate in a study

hat is the difference between data that is collected anonymously and data that is collected confidentially? Confidential research collects participants' names but separates them from the data; anonymous research does not collect participants' names. Anonymous research collects sensitive information about participants (e.g., sexual behavior, illegal behavior); confidential research collects nonsensitive information about participants. Confidential research collects sensitive information about participants (e.g., sexual behavior, illegal behavior); anonymous research collects nonsensitive information about participants. Anonymous research and confidential research are the same thing.

Confidential research collects participants' names but separates them from the data; anonymous research does not collect participants' names.

Which of the following is NOT a suitable reason for using debriefing in a study? It prevents researchers from being sued. It allows researchers to make research an educational experience. It gives participants insight into the nature of psychological science. It informs participants about the presence and purpose of deception in a study.

It prevents researchers from being sued

Which of the following is true of the Belmont Report? It was written at the request of the U.S. Congress. It was written primarily in response to the Milgram obedience studies. It was written primarily in response to medical experiments performed in Nazi-occupied Europe. It was replaced by the APA guidelines.

It was written at the request of the U.S. Congress.

Which of the following ethical violations proposed by the Belmont Report was NOT committed in the Tuskegee Study? Participants were harmed. Participants were not treated respectfully. Participants were not given monetary payments for their time. Participants were from a disadvantaged social group.

Participants were not given monetary payments for their time.

The aim of the Tuskegee Study was to examine which disease? Syphilis HIV Tuberculosis Smallpox

Syphilis

The belief that the participants in a research study should be representative of the type of people who would also benefit from the findings of the research stems from which principle of the Belmont Report? The principle of justice The principle of respect for persons The principle of beneficence The principle of integrity

The principle of justice

An in-person institutional review board (IRB) meeting would probably be required for all of the following studies EXCEPT: an anonymous survey asking whether students want the campus mascot to be changed. an anonymous study looking at gang behavior in recent parolees. a confidential study examining eating patterns in newborns. a confidential survey examining sexual behavior in mentally handicapped individuals.

an anonymous survey asking whether students want the campus mascot to be changed.