What is the function of an institutional review board (IRB)?
a. to peer-review results from experiments and suggest appropriate replications
b. to perform a meta-analysis on all studies about a given phenomenon
c. to review proposals for research and decide whether they meet ethical guidelines
d. to assess the psychological realism of proposed psychological research
Answer: C
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