Exam 3: Ethical Issues

The first regulation of research that established a review by an institutional committee as a requirement for research was the ____________.

A person who believes that researchers have no right to invade people's privacy for research purposes and that deliberate deception of the researcher's true intentions can always cause potential harm to subjects is a(n) ______________.

The research project that observed casual homosexual encounters, and then tracked subjects to their homes using information from the subjects' license plates to obtain further survey information is the _______.

A new ethical risk posed by Internet research is ________.

The research project that actively infected subjects with syphilis to test the effectiveness of penicillin as a treatment is the _______.

Explain the nuances of knowing how much information constitutes informed consent.

The doctrine that required all institutions that sponsor research to establish institutional review committees is the __________.

A researcher seeks to study a subcultural, illegal, or deviant group to obtain accurate information freely without announcing his/her presence, which could alarm the population. To do so, the researcher undertakes significant risk, and engages fully with the group studied like any other group member. What research role is the researcher taking on?

What are the provisions under which certain types of research (mainly survey procedures, interview procedures, or observations of public behavior) can be executed with expedited review or no review by an IRB?

What are several ways a researcher can moderate the risk of including children in research obtained over the Internet?

The mandate that research on human subjects must obtain approval by an institutional review and obtain informed consent from subjects is the ____________.

A researcher wishes to study behavior in a kindergarten classroom. The researcher sends home permission slips to parents informing them of the study being conducted, with a statement asking parents to return a form refusing their child's participation in the study. The research includes all students in the research for whom parents did not return the refusal form. This is an example of _____.

A researcher makes his/her intentions to study a group known, and then engages fully in the group's activities. This carries the risk of limiting rapport with original members of the group and "going native," or losing researcher objectivity through identification with the meanings of the group. What research role is the researcher taking on?

Choose one historical example of why research ethics became necessary. Describe the study, and its ethical concerns.

An overt researcher role in which the researcher does not engage in activities of the group, but formally watches their behavior often over the course of a single visit, is called ____________.

What is the difference between confidentiality and anonymity, and how can researchers protect the confidentiality of subjects?

The main goal of ethics in social research is to ensure that there is no harm done to human subjects through obtaining informed consent that indicates the member is informed of risks and is involved voluntarily. Sometimes researchers wish to study subjects without obtaining informed consent. What justifications can they use for this breach of ethical doctrines?

The research project that created a fictitious jail environment to observe the roles of inmates and guards and the authority dynamic in place is the _____________.

When a researcher secretly studies research subjects without informing them of the research it is called ________.

The doctrine that was the basis for the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Investigation is the _______.