What Is the Institutional Review Board

question 125

Multiple Choice

What is the Institutional Review Board?

• A) a governing body that reviews the ethical merit of all research conducted with animals as subjects
• B) a governing body that reviews the ethical merit of all research conducted on human subjects
• C) a governing body that reviews the capital investment of a study and determines whether it merits being conducted
• D) a governing body that reviews whether studies are likely to achieve statistical significance and result in publication

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Definitions:

Dichotomy Corollary

A principle suggesting that psychological phenomena are often best understood by exploring the dualities or dichotomies that exist within them.

Bipolar Constructs

Cognitive structures used in personal construct psychology, consisting of a pair of opposites used to evaluate and understand the world.

Self-Actualization

is the realization or fulfilment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Dichotomized Construct

A concept that is divided into two mutually exclusive categories or variables, simplifying complex traits or behaviors into a binary format.