A Research Ethics Board Is Likely to Conclude That There

question 25

Multiple Choice

A research ethics board is likely to conclude that there are no troublesome ethical issues associated with which of the following types of study?

• A) research in a controlled study in a laboratory
• B) surveys on topics like 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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