Exam 3: Ethics in Behavioral Research

Angelica tells the participants of her research that they would receive painful electric shocks, which brings about fear and anxiety in the participants. However, the shocks were never delivered. Which of the following types of stress are the participants most likely to experience in this case?

Which of the following is a basic ethical principle included in the Belmont Report?

The real purpose of the Milgram study was to study:

Which of the following is true of greater than minimal risk research?

Which of the following is an example of a minimal risk research?

_____ becomes an important issue when studying topics such as family violence, drug use, divorce, or sexual behavior.

Kirstein, in her research paper, copied few paragraphs verbatim from a renowned author's work without giving quotation marks or citing the source. The review board rejected her paper on grounds of plagiarism. What kind of a plagiarism has she committed?

_____ risk is a type of research activity which means that the risks of harm to participants are no greater than risks encountered in daily life or in routine physical or psychological tests.

The examination of potential problems and benefits that are likely to result from a research is known as a _____ analysis.

In which of the following areas is fraud considered to be most serious?

Adam promises his participants that they would receive extra course credits for their participation in his experiment. But he forgets to inform their instructor about this, and thus the students are not marked with the promised extra credit points. Which principle of the APA Ethics Code has Adam violated?

The Belmont Report's ethical principle of justice requires that:

Which of the following is a prerequisite of an informed consent form?

Which of the following is a reason for a decrease in the use of elaborate deception in research studies?

In the Milgram obedience experiment, participants were deceived about the hypothesis when they were told that the purpose of the experiment was to study:

Informed consent of participants is often a problem for researchers because:

In a research experiment, _____ is an issue when the researcher has assured subjects that the collected data are only accessible to people with permission, generally only the researcher.

Which of the following is a potential risk that a participant may face during a research experiment?

Which of the following principles of the Belmont Report requires that individuals be capable of making deliberate decisions about whether to participate in research?

Loss of expected privacy and confidentiality are ethical issues that researchers must address when _____.