Ethics in Social Science Research - Quiz

What did Milgram's obedience study notably lack?

• Participant confidentiality

• Participant health

• Participant informed consent

• Participant safety

_____ is when you ensure that subjects completely understand what they are being asked to participate in, and have the ability to agree to it.

• Confidentiality

• Protection

• Withdrawal

• Informed consent

Why is confidentiality an important facet of ethical experiments?

• for their safety

• So they don't have to know the results

• for the privacy of the participants

• So other researchers don't bother them

What is the role of an ethics board?

• To study ethics in experimentation

• Ethics advice

• Helping researchers define ethics

• To approve or disapprove an experiment based on its ethics

In ethical research, which is a necessary allowance?

• The ability to withdraw

• Earning course credit

• Getting free medicine

• Getting paid to participate