Question 1

What must a researcher do to fulfill the ethical principle of informed consent?

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Provide participants with enough information about a study to enable them to make a rational decision about whether to participate.

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Keep information about participants confidential.

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Protect participants from potential harm and compensate them for participation in a study.

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Explain the purpose of study and any deception in the study to participants after they participate.

Question 2

Which ethical principle requires that participants be told about the true purpose of the research at the end of the study?

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<P>Debriefing</P>

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Informed consent

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Informed assent

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Protection from physical harm

Question 3

The laboratory environment is designed to

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re-create psychological forces under controlled conditions.

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exactly re-create the events of everyday life.

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re-create psychological forces under random conditions.

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provide the opportunity to do case study research.

Question 4

Which of the following animal studies is most likely to meet ethical principles and receive Institutional Review Board approval?

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Can dolphins learn simple language?

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Do monkeys that smoke get cancer?

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Will rats deprived of food for one week survive?

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What are the effects of raising kittens in isolation?

Question 5

Which of the following accurately illustrates the correct order of the scientific process in psychological research?

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First, researchers create hypotheses, and then they design their study to measure their variables, after which they interpret their results.

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First, researchers interpret their results, and then they measure their variables, after which they identify hypotheses that align with their research design.

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First, researchers choose the best design, and then they interpret their results, after which they measure their variables.

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First, researchers measure their variables, and then they identify their hypotheses, after which they choose the best design for their study.

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