What Is the Highest Priority When Deciding If Research Is

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is the highest priority when deciding if research is ethical, according to the Tri-Council Policy Statement for the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans?

• A)the potential the research must benefit society
• B)the welfare of the research participants
• C)whether the research question is valid
• D)whether participants are assigned to research groups randomly

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Definitions:

Delusions

Strongly held false beliefs or judgments, which are resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact, often occurring as a symptom of psychiatric disorders.

Hallucinations

Perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception.

Compulsions

Actions or thoughts repeatedly carried out by a person compelled by an obsession or by strict rules.

GAF

Global Assessment of Functioning; a numeric scale (0 to 100) used by mental health clinicians and physicians to subjectively rate the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults.