Davis studied the use of corporal punishment by parents in shopping malls. What type of informed consent would he have needed for that study?
A) He would have to get the consent of each parent before beginning his observations.
B) He would have to get the consent of each parent after his observations or he would have to exclude those observations from the data set.
C) He did not need informed consent because he was observing public behavior in a public place in which there was no expectation of privacy.
D) He would have to get informed consent from the mall manager, who has the legal right to act on behalf of the shoppers.
Answer: C
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