Ethical Obligations to One's Colleagues in the Scientific Community

question 36

Multiple Choice

Ethical obligations to one's colleagues in the scientific community:

• A)require that technical shortcomings and failures of the study be revealed.
• B)encourage researchers to ignore negative findings.
• C)encourage researchers to describe their findings as the product of a carefully preplanned analytical strategy.
• D)require researchers to report only the positive discoveries.
• E)encourage researchers to not report limitations.

Know the rules and requirements for maintaining qualified status in pension and profit-sharing plans.

Understand the documentation and reporting requirements for pension plan distributions.

Recognize the contribution limitations and conditions for Roth IRAs and traditional IRAs.

Identify tax-free distributions for education savings accounts and their qualified expenses.

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Definitions:

Positively Reinforced

A behavior that increases in frequency or likelihood as a result of being followed by a rewarding stimulus, according to principles of operant conditioning.

Conditioned Avoidance Response

Behavior that is reinforced because it allows individuals to avoid situations that cause anxiety.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus.

Continuous Reinforcement Schedule

A reinforcement strategy in which every instance of a desired behavior is reinforced, leading to quicker learning of the behavior.