RM Exam #2 questions well answered to
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Ethical - correct answer ✔✔Prior to conducting any study, the proposed research must be reviewed to
determine if it meets _____ standards.
Institutional Review Board - correct answer ✔✔The initials IRB stand for _____ _____ _____.
Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔Researchers and participants enter into a social contract, often
using an _____ _____ procedure.
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔According to the _____ of informed consent, researchers are ethically
obligated to describe the research procedures clearly and identify any potential risks that might
influence individuals' willingness to participate.
General Guidelines - correct answer ✔✔The ethical standards of the APA's ethics provides _____ _____
on how to solve ethical dilemmas.
Human Participants - correct answer ✔✔Researchers must make use of special safeguards to protect
_____ _____ when more than minimal risk is present.
Minimum Risk - correct answer ✔✔When the harm or discomfort participants may experience in the
research is not greater than what they may experience in their daily life.
Risk/Benefit Ratio - correct answer ✔✔Researchers and members of ethical review committees rely on a
subjective evaluation of the negative and positive consequences of conducting the proposed research for
both individuals and for society.
Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔Researchers must obtain this in written form when patients are
exposed to more than one minimal risk.
,IRB - correct answer ✔✔Institutions such as colleges and hospitals are required by law to form
committees to review research sponsored by the institution before the research may begin. The
committees protect the rights and welfare of human participants
Ethical - correct answer ✔✔There's no such thing as perfectly _____ research. All research is inherently
unethical to some degree.
Harmless - correct answer ✔✔There's no such thing as completely _____ research. Somebody, usually
your subjects, is going to be harmed, either psychologically, socially, physically, or economically.
Confidential - correct answer ✔✔_____ isn't the same as anonymous.
IRB - correct answer ✔✔If a psychology student wants to do research with human participants, which of
the following has the ultimate authority to approve, disapprove, or require modifications prior to the
approval of the student's research?
Subjective - correct answer ✔✔The risk/benefit ratio that is used in ethical decision making represents a
_____ evaluation of risks and benefits.
Social Risk - correct answer ✔✔Which is a type of risk that contributes to the determination of the
risk/benefit ratio?
Social Injury - correct answer ✔✔Failure to protect the confidentiality of a participant's responses may
increase the risk in a research study by increasing the possibility of _____ _____.
Minimal Risk - correct answer ✔✔_____ _____ is defined as no greater than the risks of daily living.
IACUC - correct answer ✔✔The _____ ethical standards include requirements for how animals may be
used in research.
, Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔According to the ethics of _____ _____, researchers are ethically
obligated to describe the research procedures clearly and identify any potential risks that might
influence individuals' willingness to participate.
Ethical - correct answer ✔✔Prior to conducting any study, the proposed research must be reviewed to
determine if it meets _____ standards.
Institutional Review Board - correct answer ✔✔The initials IRB stand for _____ _____ _____.
Representative Sample - correct answer ✔✔When a complete record of behavior cannot be obtained,
researchers seek to obtain a _____ _____ of behavior.
External Validity - correct answer ✔✔The extent to which observations may be generalized is called
_____ ______.
Time - correct answer ✔✔_____ sampling refers to researchers choosing intervals for making
observations either systematically or randomly.
Situation - correct answer ✔✔______ sampling involves studying behavior in different locations and
under different circumstances and conditions.
Intervention - correct answer ✔✔Direct observational methods can be classified as "observation without
______" or "observation with ______".
Goals - correct answer ✔✔_____ of naturalistic observation
-To describe "normal" behavior, examine relationships among naturally occurring variables
-Establish external validity of findings
Naturalistic Observation - correct answer ✔✔_____ _____ is an important research methodology when
ethical and moral considerations limit the type of research that may be considered.
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Ethical - correct answer ✔✔Prior to conducting any study, the proposed research must be reviewed to
determine if it meets _____ standards.
Institutional Review Board - correct answer ✔✔The initials IRB stand for _____ _____ _____.
Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔Researchers and participants enter into a social contract, often
using an _____ _____ procedure.
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔According to the _____ of informed consent, researchers are ethically
obligated to describe the research procedures clearly and identify any potential risks that might
influence individuals' willingness to participate.
General Guidelines - correct answer ✔✔The ethical standards of the APA's ethics provides _____ _____
on how to solve ethical dilemmas.
Human Participants - correct answer ✔✔Researchers must make use of special safeguards to protect
_____ _____ when more than minimal risk is present.
Minimum Risk - correct answer ✔✔When the harm or discomfort participants may experience in the
research is not greater than what they may experience in their daily life.
Risk/Benefit Ratio - correct answer ✔✔Researchers and members of ethical review committees rely on a
subjective evaluation of the negative and positive consequences of conducting the proposed research for
both individuals and for society.
Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔Researchers must obtain this in written form when patients are
exposed to more than one minimal risk.
,IRB - correct answer ✔✔Institutions such as colleges and hospitals are required by law to form
committees to review research sponsored by the institution before the research may begin. The
committees protect the rights and welfare of human participants
Ethical - correct answer ✔✔There's no such thing as perfectly _____ research. All research is inherently
unethical to some degree.
Harmless - correct answer ✔✔There's no such thing as completely _____ research. Somebody, usually
your subjects, is going to be harmed, either psychologically, socially, physically, or economically.
Confidential - correct answer ✔✔_____ isn't the same as anonymous.
IRB - correct answer ✔✔If a psychology student wants to do research with human participants, which of
the following has the ultimate authority to approve, disapprove, or require modifications prior to the
approval of the student's research?
Subjective - correct answer ✔✔The risk/benefit ratio that is used in ethical decision making represents a
_____ evaluation of risks and benefits.
Social Risk - correct answer ✔✔Which is a type of risk that contributes to the determination of the
risk/benefit ratio?
Social Injury - correct answer ✔✔Failure to protect the confidentiality of a participant's responses may
increase the risk in a research study by increasing the possibility of _____ _____.
Minimal Risk - correct answer ✔✔_____ _____ is defined as no greater than the risks of daily living.
IACUC - correct answer ✔✔The _____ ethical standards include requirements for how animals may be
used in research.
, Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔According to the ethics of _____ _____, researchers are ethically
obligated to describe the research procedures clearly and identify any potential risks that might
influence individuals' willingness to participate.
Ethical - correct answer ✔✔Prior to conducting any study, the proposed research must be reviewed to
determine if it meets _____ standards.
Institutional Review Board - correct answer ✔✔The initials IRB stand for _____ _____ _____.
Representative Sample - correct answer ✔✔When a complete record of behavior cannot be obtained,
researchers seek to obtain a _____ _____ of behavior.
External Validity - correct answer ✔✔The extent to which observations may be generalized is called
_____ ______.
Time - correct answer ✔✔_____ sampling refers to researchers choosing intervals for making
observations either systematically or randomly.
Situation - correct answer ✔✔______ sampling involves studying behavior in different locations and
under different circumstances and conditions.
Intervention - correct answer ✔✔Direct observational methods can be classified as "observation without
______" or "observation with ______".
Goals - correct answer ✔✔_____ of naturalistic observation
-To describe "normal" behavior, examine relationships among naturally occurring variables
-Establish external validity of findings
Naturalistic Observation - correct answer ✔✔_____ _____ is an important research methodology when
ethical and moral considerations limit the type of research that may be considered.
