To Promote Adequate Review of Ethical Issues, the Regulations Require

question 28

Multiple Choice

To promote adequate review of ethical issues, the regulations require that IRBs include ______.

• A) seven members, all from the researcher's institution
• B) at least five members, with at least one nonscientist and one from outside the institution
• C) three members, from different institutions
• D) at least four members, from similar backgrounds as the researcher

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Definitions:

Extinction

Within the realm of psychology, this refers to the slow diminishment and ultimate vanishing of a learned reaction when the previously associated stimulus is no longer linked with the natural stimulus.

Generalization

The process or result of making a statement or conclusion that applies to many instances from specific observations.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Classical Conditioning

A cognitive process where two stimuli are repeatedly linked together; the response, first elicited by the second stimulus, is finally elicited by the first stimulus.