In Considering Compensation for Participation, the Researcher Must

question 39

Multiple Choice

In considering compensation for participation, the researcher must:

• A) avoid using excessive or inappropriate inducements to prevent feelings of coercion
• B) pay as much money as the research grant will allow equally to each participant
• C) not use monetary rewards for participation in research - it is unethical
• D) avoid using grant money for compensation- only private funds should be used for that

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Definitions:

Weber's Law

A principle stating that the smallest noticeable difference in stimulus intensity is proportional to the intensity of the initial stimulus.

Accommodation

In psychology, the process of adjusting pre-existing schemas or ideas in response to new information or experiences; in vision, the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina.

Subliminal Stimulation

The process of influencing individuals with signals or messages delivered below the threshold of conscious perception.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information, located in the occipital lobe.