It is vital to safeguard the dignity and autonomy of individuals and take extra precautions when dealing with study participants, such as children, who are less likely to understand their participation is voluntary. This guideline of psychological research is known as

A. respect for persons.
B. beneficence.
C. informed consent.
D. justice.


Answer: A

Psychology

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Carl is asked to provide information about his drinking. Despite the fact that he has had several arrests for driving while intoxicated, Carl reports that he has no problems with drinking. This is an example of __________.

A. the problems with self-report data B. the problems with case studies C. the problems of diagnosis D. the problems of forming hypotheses

Psychology

One's belief in one's own abilities refers to the ____ component of the social cognitive career theory

a. outcome expectations b. self-efficacy c. interests d. choice goals

Psychology

The Spearman Brown formula corrects for deflated reliability due to

a. half-length tests. b. small sample size. c. systematic error. d. poor test item construction.

Psychology

Describe the process that led psychologists from understanding the "risky shift" to understanding that same phenomenon as a more general "group polarization" process

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology