0.5 Research Design Ethics in Psychology Practice MC Questions

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

• Keep information about participants confidential.

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

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

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

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

• Informed consent

• Confidentiality

• Debriefing

• Protection from physical harm

The laboratory environment is designed to

• exactly re-create the events of everyday life.

• re-create psychological forces under controlled conditions.

• re-create psychological forces under random conditions.

• provide the opportunity to do case study research.

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

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

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

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

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

What does it mean to plagiarize in research?

• To cite sources incorrectly

• To use someone else's work or ideas without giving them credit

• To summarize a source without citing it

• To use too many quotes in a research paper

What role does ethics play in research?

• Ensures the research is conducted fairly and honestly

• Protects the rights and well-being of participants

• Prevents plagiarism

• All of the above

What is peer review in the context of research?

• A review conducted by one's peers to assess the quality of the research

• A self-assessment of one's own research

• A review by students of their classmates' research

• A review by the public of published research

The committee within an organization that approves or denies research based on ethics.

• Internal Affairs Committee

• American Psychology Association

• Ethical Dilemma Resolution Group

• Institutional Review Board