Which of the Following Would Violate Ethical Standards for Psychological

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would violate ethical standards for psychological research?

• A) keeping participants' identities confidential
• B) using another author's ideas in ones report without citing that author
• C) deceiving participants about the purpose of a study
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Pavlovian Conditioning

The association of a response with an environmental event as the result of pairing that event (conditioned stimulus, or CS) with a biologically significant event (unconditioned stimulus, or UCS).

Operant Conditioning

When a specific response produces reinforcement and the frequency of the response determines the amount of reinforcement obtained.

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which an individual learns to feel powerless and stops trying to change or escape a negative situation due to past failures.

Seligman

Martin E.P. Seligman, a psychologist known for his work on learned helplessness and for promoting positive psychology.