AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the Ethics Code, should psychologists pay or offer other inducements to their research partipants?
A
When offering professional services as an inducement for research participations & psychologist clarify the nature of the services as well as the risks, obiligations and limitations
B
The study of normal educaitonal practices, curricula or classroom mangement metods conducted in educational settings
C
None of the above
D
Both A and B
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -APA’s Ethics Code mandates that psychologists who conduct research should inform participants about: The purpose of the research, expected duration and procedures. Participants’ rights to decline to participate and to withdraw from the research once it has started, as well as the anticipated consequences of doing so.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are four ethical principles which are the main domains of responsibility for consideration by researchers within the code; respect, competence, responsibility and integrity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the standards that it added to the Nuremberg Code was that research with human participants should be based on a written protocol-a detailed description of the research-that is reviewed by an independent committee.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three basic principles, among those generally accepted in our cultural tradition, are particularly relevant to the ethics of research involving human subjects: the principles of respect of persons, beneficence and justice.

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