Development of the apas code of ethics

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1. Which of the following events influenced the development of the APA's Code of Ethics?

a) The Belmont Report, released in the 1970s in response to research like the Tuskegee Syphilis study.

b) All of these options

c) The Nuremburg trials and the resulting code of ethics after World War II.

d) The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act in the United States in the 1960s.

2. The first principle in the APA Code of Ethics is the principle of _____, which requires that psychologists weigh the benefits and costs of their research and try to achieve the greatest good with the least harm done to others.

a) Fidelity and Responsibility

b) Beneficence and Nonmaleficence

c) Integrity

d) Justice

3. An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is supposed to:

a) review all research proposals at an institution to ensure they are ethically planned.

b) all of these options

c) review all grant applications to determine which research projects deserve funding.

d) review all submitted manuscripts to determine if they are worthy of publication.

4. An important part of an IRB review involves determining the degree of potential risk to participants. When participants face situations similar to those in daily life, which do not involve a substantial amount of stress, they are considered to be at _____ risk.

a) minimal

b) acceptable

c) high

d) unacceptable

5. A central feature of the APA Code of Ethics is the concept of informed consent: Participants must be given enough information to make a knowledgeable decision about participating. Typically, this involves information about all of the following, EXCEPT:

a) their right to absolute confidentiality no matter what they disclose.

b) any potential risks they may encounter as part of the study.

c) their freedom to leave the session without penalty or pressure to continue.

d) the general purpose and basic procedures of the study.

6. Which of the following statements about the use of deception in psychological research is true?

a) Deception may be used to try to convince people to participate in research that is expected to cause pain or discomfort.

b) Deception is considered acceptable if the researcher and IRB determine that the study could not reasonably be done in any other way.

c) When surveyed, most participants report that they feel deeply upset and injured by deception in research and find it unacceptable and unjustifiable.

d) Most deception used in research involves creating elaborate cover stories to actively mislead participants about what they will experience.

7. One purpose of debriefing is to help to reduce any stress or other negative feelings that might have been experienced during the session. This is called _____.

a) desensitizing

b) dehoaxing

c) depathologizing

d) deescalating

8. As more research is conducted online, some researchers have become concerned about:

a) issues with protecting privacy and confidentiality.

b) the difficulty of conducting effective debriefing.

c) challenges with assuring adequate informed consent.

d) all of these options

9. In order to protect non-human animal subjects, the APA Code of Ethics requires that researchers must all of the following, EXCEPT:

a) prioritize procedures that minimize stress, harm, or pain to any animals involved.

b) have expertise and training in the care of any animal species with which they work.

c) promise not to euthanize the animals in their study after its conclusion.

d) justify the value of the research against any harm or distress the animal will experience.

10. Which of the following would violate the APA Code of Ethics with regards to data collection and reporting?

a) Altering data that has been collected.

b) Manufacturing data rather than actually collecting it from participants.

c) Choosing to include only selected data, while omitting other data.

d) All of these options

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