Multiple Choice

1		Beneficence is achieved when:
			A)	researchers' rights are protected.
			B)	the results of a research project benefit the public.
			C)	the well-being of research participants is protected.
			D)	research risks are taken into consideration in the designing of a project.
2		Respect for persons is achieved when:
			A)	research participants are treated as capable of making decisions for themselves.
			B)	researchers take extra steps to protect those participants who are not capable of making their own decisions.
			C)	participants voluntarily participate in the research project.
			D)	participants volunteer, and feel no coercion.
			E)	all of the above.
3		Justice is achieved when:
			A)	other researchers agree that your project was adequately planned.
			B)	the research team finds the results they hypothesized.
			C)	the research team publishes their research results.
			D)	all participants are treated as equal and benefit from participating in the study.
4		The role of an institutional review board, or human subjects review committee, is to review:
			A)	your research results.
			B)	each research participant's willingness to participate.
			C)	your research proposal prior to data collection to determine if the rights and welfare of research participants are adequately protected.
			D)	your research proposal prior to data collection to determine if you chose the most efficient research methodology.
			E)	your research proposal to provide advice about how to improve your research plan.
5		Informed consent is necessary when participants:
			A)	voluntarily agree to participate in your research project.
			B)	are randomly selected to participate in your research project.
			C)	are other university-age students.
			D)	are deceived in some way during the research process.
			E)	all of the above.
6		Intentional deception:
			A)	can be used at the researcher's discretion.
			B)	should be used only if there is no other way to collect the data and the deception does not harm participants.
			C)	can be used as long as the deception is not particularly physically or psychologically harmful to participants.
7		A confederate is:
			A)	someone who pretends to be participating in the research but is really helping the researcher.
			B)	the researcher or research assistant who is facilitating the research session.
			C)	the participant who is being deceived during the research process.
8		Researchers can minimize psychological harm when they:
			A)	test the procedures on themselves and do not find it harmful.
			B)	repeat research procedures that have been reported in the research literature.
			C)	ask participants simply to respond to questionnaires.
			D)	use the feedback of individuals like those who will participate to plan the research process.
9		Anonymity and confidentiality are two:
			A)	types of protection given the research team.
			B)	methods of minimizing physical and psychological harm to participants.
			C)	types of protection given to participants.
			D)	methods for overcoming threats to reliability and validity.
			E)	types of protection provided confederates.
10		Audiotaping and videotaping can be used in data collection if:
			A)	participants consent to be taped.
			B)	participants know what is to be recorded.
			C)	participants know how the recording is being made.
			D)	the researcher protects the confidentiality of participants who are recorded.
			E)	all of the above.
11		Debriefing participants is:
			A)	providing them with informed consent.
			B)	minimizing physical and psychological harm.
			C)	ensuring participants' anonymity and confidentiality.
			D)	talking with participants immediately following the research activity to explain the purpose of the study and to provide information that was withheld from participants.
			E)	not necessary if participants are audiotaped or videotaped.