DrPrice Is Proposing to Study the Effects of Humiliation on the Tendency

question 238

Multiple Choice

Dr.Price is proposing to study the effects of humiliation on the tendency of individuals to obey an authority figure.To do this,she plans on setting up a public embarrassment scene for a random half of the participants,and then measure how likely they are to obey a group leader who is telling them to cheat.Do you think Dr.Price would be given ethics approval?

• A) Yes, there is no other way to study this research question.
• B) Yes, this study involves minor costs and great benefits.
• C) No, a study like this would be impossible to pull off because it involves too many people.
• D) No, this study would cause discomfort to some participants.

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