Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Correct Answers Unethical study, conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service,
studied the effects of untreated syphilis to determine the natural history of the disease; did not inform
subjects about the general purpose of the research; sample of poor black men with late-stage syphilis,
offered free medical care in exchange for their medical data, none were told they had syphilis, and some
passed it on unknowingly to their wives and children
Milgram's obedience study - Correct Answers An experiment in which Stanley Milgram found that
people will usually obey an authority, even if they might think what they are doing is wrong; 65% went
all the way to dangerous shock levels
Debriefing - Correct Answers Informing the subject in an experiment about the purpose of the study in
which he or she was a participant and providing any other relevant information
Respect for persons - Correct Answers Principle in the Belmont report that includes two provisions:
individuals participating in research should be treated as autonomous agents, and those with diminished
autonomy should be afforded special protections
Informed consent - Correct Answers An ethical principle requiring that research participants be told
enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
Beneficence - Correct Answers Action of helping others and performing actions that would result in
benefit to another person
Justice - Correct Answers Benefits and burdens of research distributed fairly, access to benefits
equitably, children, pregnant and foetuses, prisoners equal representation
Respect for persons, beneficence, justice - Correct Answers The Belmont Report's Basic Principles
Beneficence and nonmaleficence, fidelity and responsibility, integrity, justice, respect for people's rights
and dignity - Correct Answers The APA's Five General Principles
studied the effects of untreated syphilis to determine the natural history of the disease; did not inform
subjects about the general purpose of the research; sample of poor black men with late-stage syphilis,
offered free medical care in exchange for their medical data, none were told they had syphilis, and some
passed it on unknowingly to their wives and children
Milgram's obedience study - Correct Answers An experiment in which Stanley Milgram found that
people will usually obey an authority, even if they might think what they are doing is wrong; 65% went
all the way to dangerous shock levels
Debriefing - Correct Answers Informing the subject in an experiment about the purpose of the study in
which he or she was a participant and providing any other relevant information
Respect for persons - Correct Answers Principle in the Belmont report that includes two provisions:
individuals participating in research should be treated as autonomous agents, and those with diminished
autonomy should be afforded special protections
Informed consent - Correct Answers An ethical principle requiring that research participants be told
enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
Beneficence - Correct Answers Action of helping others and performing actions that would result in
benefit to another person
Justice - Correct Answers Benefits and burdens of research distributed fairly, access to benefits
equitably, children, pregnant and foetuses, prisoners equal representation
Respect for persons, beneficence, justice - Correct Answers The Belmont Report's Basic Principles
Beneficence and nonmaleficence, fidelity and responsibility, integrity, justice, respect for people's rights
and dignity - Correct Answers The APA's Five General Principles
