Questions

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What is the main purpose of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in psychological research?

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To review and approve proposals involving human participants for ethical soundness

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Before human participants begin a psychology experiment, they must typically sign:

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An informed consent form

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In a study that uses deception, researchers are ethically required to:

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Debrief participants fully after the study

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The Tuskegee syphilis study is considered unethical mainly because researchers:

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Withheld the known effective treatment (penicillin) from infected participants

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Which committee must review and approve research involving animal subjects to ensure ethical treatment?

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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

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Which research design can establish a cause-and-effect relationship? Options: Survey study, Case study, Experimental study, Correlational study

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Experimental study

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"Correlation does not imply causation" means that:

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Even if two variables are related, one does not necessarily cause the other

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What is the primary benefit of randomly assigning participants to experimental groups?

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Balancing participants’ characteristics across groups

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An operational definition in research refers to:

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The specific way a variable is measured

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A researcher informs participants they cannot withdraw from a study once it starts. Which ethical principle is violated?

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Informed consent (voluntariness)