A Breach in Confidentiality Occurs

question 2

Multiple Choice

A breach in confidentiality occurs. Which of the following represent a breach in confidentiality?

• A)The teenaged son of a researcher reads some of the raw interview data on the researcher's computer.
• B)The researcher accidentally includes the real names of one participant's husband and two daughters in the finished article, instead of changing these to pseudonyms.
• C)A researcher presents her findings at a research conference.
• D)A tape of a research interview is misplaced in the researcher's home, and is never found.
• E)The researcher mentions to a colleague that all of the participants in a recent research project on anger were divorced women.

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Definitions:

Communication

The process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, and feelings between people through verbal or non-verbal means.

Connectedness

The state or quality of being linked or associated with others, contributing to social cohesion and personal well-being.

Control

The capacity to guide or manipulate how people act or the direction in which events unfold.

Perfectionism

A personality trait characterized by striving for flawlessness and setting high-performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations.