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131.The ethical guideline requiring that information about a research study : 1231079
131.The ethical guideline requiring that information about a research study be disclosed to potential research participants before they participate is referred to as
A)prior approval.
B)prior consent.
C)informed consent.
D)ethical approval.
E)informational disclosure.
132.An ethical guideline intended to protect a research participant’s privacy involves
A)obtaining informed consent.
B)maintaining confidentiality.
C)ensuring anonymity.
D)obtaining prior approval by an ethics review panel.
E)destroying research records after participation.
133.Ethics review committees are typically composed of
A)laypersons only.
B)professionals only.
C)samples of research participants from the population under study.
D)both professionals and samples of research participants.
E)both professionals and laypersons.
134.Which of the following is NOT a concern regarding animal research?
A)justification of intended benefits of the research
B)protection from unnecessary harm
C)approval from a review board
D)informed consent
E)approval from institutional review boards
135.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of critical thinking?
A)a questioning attitude
B)avoidance of oversimplification and overgeneralization
C)an open mind
D)reliance on common sense
E)considering alternative explanations
136.Generalizing from research presented in the text, which Internet user is most likely to have poorer academic performance as a result of their Internet use?
A)Abigail, who uses the Internet to visit chat rooms
B)Brooke, who uses the Internet to do research
C)Courtney, who uses the Internet to access newsgroups for class assignments
D)Abigail, Brooke, and Courtney are all predicted to have deterioration in their academic performance; all Internet use was associated with poorer academic performance
E)None of the students will experience poorer academic performance; Internet use has not been found to affect student performance
137.Trustworthy online information is most likely to be provided by all but which of the following?
A)government agencies
B)APA and APS
C)scientific journals
D)professional organizations
E)private corporations
138. Your professor stated that stress can lead to heart disease. She cited several medical studies to show that stress was linked to heart disease. Therefore, she said we should avoid all forms of stress in order to ensure living a long and healthy life. The professor needs to rethink advice based on which of the following features of critical thinking?
A) avoiding oversimplification
B)considering alternative explanations
C) confusing correlation with causation
D)avoiding overgeneralization
E) all of the above
139. Jeremy’s roommate frequently goes online to find information he can use in the papers he writes for a health science class. The roommate uses a search engine (Google) and visits the first few sties that turn up on the search. Jeremy’s roommate needs to understand that
A) online health information is usually accurate and reasonably complete.
B) online health information provided by private corporations has been checked for accuracy.
C) online health information is frequently inaccurate and uninterpretable.
D) online health information is usually accurate, but incomplete.
E) online health information is generally as accurate as information published in scientific journals.
140. One of the main reasons that information published in scientific journals is trustworthy is because
A) these journals pay for fact checkers to verify information before it is published.
B) these journals generally post information online before it is published so others can review it.
C) the articles are peer-reviewed by other professionals prior to publication.
D) the articles are written by researchers who have proven themselves to be reliable.
E) none of the above.
