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Chapter 3 Practice Quiz
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The Tuskegee syphilis study was ethically problematic because
participants were exposed to a deadly contagious disease.
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the researchers made false promises that participants' disease was treatable.
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the researchers offered participants nothing in return for their participation.
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it violated the principle of informed consent.
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Which Belmont principle requires fair procedures in the selection of research participants?
respect for persons
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beneficence
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justice
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security
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What does it mean, according to the Common Rule, for a study to involve "minimal risk"?
The level of distress a participant might experience is no greater than what may be encountered in daily life.
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The odds are less than 1 in 10 that normal adults will experience discomfort from their participation.
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The odds are less than 1 in 100 that normal adults will experience discomfort from their participation.
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The odds are less than 1 in 100 that research participants will withdraw from the experiment because of the risk.
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A researcher plans to conduct a survey to measure the incidence of student cheating at his university. In considering potential risks, what would be the best advice you could offer?
The possibility that respondents may be identified poses no more than "minimal risk."
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The study should not be done because it offers no discernible benefits to research participants.
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The study should not be done because of the high risk to research participants.
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The researcher should consider an anonymous survey to protect participants' privacy.
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To obtain informed consent, you must do all of the following
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inform participants that their participation is voluntary.
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forewarn participants about potentially harmful effects.
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fully disclose your research objectives and hypotheses.
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inform participants that they may discontinue their participation at any time.
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The use of deception in social research is
illegal.
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permissible under certain conditions.
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methodologically unsound.
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rare because of federal ethical constraints on it use.
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According to the text's discussion of institutional review boards (IRBs),
their main purpose is to review cases of scientific misconduct.
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they are mandated by federal regulations to review research proposals involving human research participants.
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they are comprised exclusively of nonscientists who are employed outside the institution.
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their role is to advise rather than to approve, modify, or disapprove research proposals.
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According the text, what is Max Weber's position on the doctrine of value neutrality?
All phases of scientific research should be value-free.
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The doctrine applies to the natural but not to the social sciences.
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Personal values should not influence how researchers design and conduct their research.
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It is impossible to remove the influence of personal values on scientific research.
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With regard to the practical application of research findings, the text suggests that social scientists
have no control over and, therefore, no ethical obligation to consider how their findings may be used by others.
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should emulate medical researchers and play the role of impartial experts.
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should consider the implications of their research and how others may use their findings.
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should
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With regard to the issue of
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doing research financially supported by foundations that opposed same-sex marriage.
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failing to divulge the funding sources for his research.
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concealing findings that were contrary to his personal position on same-sex marriage.
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doing research on a topic about which he had strong personal feelings.
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