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Ethics in psychology + Experimental designs

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term "ethics" mean in psychology?

a)

correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research

b)

experiments

c)

opportunity sampling

d)

publishing research findings

2.

Gaining permission from a person to take part in a study and telling them what is involved is referred to as.....

a)

withdrawal

b)

confidentiality

c)

informed consent

d)

debriefing

3.

Researchers must ensure that those taking part in research will not be caused distress. They must be protected from ________________ and _____________ harm, ____________ or _______________ .

a)

stress

b)

physical

c)

discomfort

d)

psychological

e)

mental

4.

Which ethical principle states participants should be free to leave the research setting whenever they wish.

(a)  

5.

Participants have a complete right to ___________ and _________ and no participant should be identifiable by name or any other distinguishing detail.

a)

debriefing

b)

confidentiality

c)

withdrawal

d)

anonymity

6.

Where participants are misled or wrongly informed about the aims of the research, this is referred to as

(a)  

7.

After the research is over the participant should be able to discuss the procedure and the findings with the psychologist. This is called

(a)  

8.

What are the three most common experimental designs in psychological research:

a)

Independent measures

b)

dependent measures

c)

Repeated measures

d)

Matched pairs

9.

The independent measures design is also known as____________ .

a)

independent sample

b)

random assignment

c)

control condition

d)

data collection

10.

(a)   uses two separate groups of participants, and each participant is tested in only one condition of the experiment.

11.

Is there a difference between random sampling and random assignment?

a)

False

b)

True

12.

refers to how research participants are selected (or sampled) from a target population.

a)

random sampling

b)

random assignment

13.

refers to how participants are allocated (or assigned) to experimental conditions within a study.

a)

random sampling

b)

random assignment

14.

The ___________ design exposes participants to each condition making up the independent variable.

a)

demand characteristics

b)

participants variables

c)

repeated measures

d)

random assignment

15.

__________ sample pairs of participants who are similar in a range of specific characteristics relevant to the variables under study, such as gender or age.

a)

participants variable

b)

matched pair designs

c)

survey

d)

experimental condition

16.

Which research design allows for comparisons of a single participant's data in both conditions of an experiment?

a)

independent measures

b)

random assignment

c)

repeated measures

d)

matched pair

17.

In psychological research, what is random assignment?

a)

It means that every person has an equal chance of being selected for the study.

b)

It is a way of controlling for order effects in independent measures designs.

c)

It refers to how participants are sampled from a target population.

d)

It refers to how participants are randomly allocated to the conditions of a study.