An Institutional Review Board Is Likely to Conclude That There

question 103

Multiple Choice

An institutional review board is likely to conclude that there are no troublesome ethical issues associated with which of the following studies?

• A) research in a controlled study in a laboratory
• B) surveys on topics such as experiences of sexual abuse
• C) naturalistic observation of the conditions in which people are likely to litter in public
• D) experiments on learning simple lists of words when the experimenter has deceived participants about the purpose of the study

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Definitions:

Western Conceptions

Ideas, philosophies, and understandings that have their origins or are primarily developed and accepted in the Western world, encompassing views on society, ethics, governance, and more.

Karl Marx

A 19th-century philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist known for his critique of capitalism and development of historical materialism.

Opium of the People

A term coined by Karl Marx, referring to religion as something that provides comfort to the oppressed masses with an illusion of happiness, pacifying them and detracting from actual worldly sufferings.

Transcendent

Going beyond the limits of ordinary experience, this term refers to something that is above and beyond the material universe.