Lesson 4.2.3.1.5

4.2.3.1.5 Ethics, peer review and the economic implications of research Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. What ethical requirement ensures participants are fully aware of a study's nature before agreeing to join?

    • Debriefing
    • Protection from harm
    • Confidentiality
    • Informed consent

  2. What ethical principle allows participants to leave a study at any time without penalty?

    • Anonymity
    • Right to withdraw
    • Informed consent
    • Confidentiality

  3. Psychological research must ensure participants experience no greater risk than in everyday life, under which principle?

    • Protection from harm
    • Informed consent
    • Right to withdraw
    • Presumptive consent

  4. Ensuring a participant's personal data is kept private and protected by law is known as what?

    • Debriefing
    • Informed consent
    • Deception
    • Confidentiality

  5. What ethical issue occurs when participants are deliberately misled about the true aim of research?

    • Lack of debriefing
    • Social desirability
    • Deception
    • Investigator bias

  6. What post-experimental session informs participants of the true aims and disclosures of a study?

    • Standardisation
    • Debriefing
    • Peer review
    • Informed consent

  7. What process involves independent experts assessing research quality prior to scientific publication?

    • Replication
    • Ethical approval
    • Peer review
    • Pilot study

  8. Withholding key details about study content primarily prevents participants from giving what?

    • Anonymity
    • Informed consent
    • Right to withdraw
    • Confidentiality

  9. Stopping a study when a participant shows severe distress directly upholds which ethical principle?

    • Deception
    • Confidentiality
    • Prior general consent
    • Protection from harm

  10. Publishing a participant's full name and address in a psychological report breaches which ethical principle?

    • Confidentiality
    • Protection from harm
    • Informed consent
    • Deception

  11. How research influences business spending or public policy is known as what type of implication?

    • Ethical implication
    • Social implication
    • Economic implication
    • Methodological implication

  12. Which body must review and approve a research proposal before a psychological study can begin?

    • Peer review panel
    • British Psychological Society
    • Ethics committee
    • University Senate

  13. What is the primary purpose of peer review before psychological research is published?

    • Securing research funding
    • Securing media coverage
    • Assessing research quality
    • Ensuring public interest

  14. Offering excessive financial incentives that prevent participants from refusing to take part raises which ethical issue?

    • Deception
    • Confidentiality
    • Coercion
    • Protection from harm

  15. Which factor can negatively bias which economic research questions are investigated by psychologists?

    • Debriefing protocols
    • Peer review
    • Funding priorities
    • Ethical guidelines

  16. Why must researchers debrief participants at the end of a study involving deception?

    • Revealing true aims
    • Gaining pre-consent
    • Validating research results
    • Recruiting participants

  17. Which BPS ethical guideline directly protects participants from suffering psychological distress during a study?

    • Protection from harm
    • Deception guidelines
    • Informed consent
    • Right to privacy

  18. Using deception in psychological research primarily prevents researchers from obtaining what?

    • Concurrent validity
    • Informed consent
    • Inter-observer reliability
    • High statistical power

  19. Offering course credit for participation creates a power imbalance that risks compromising what?

    • Test-retest reliability
    • Voluntary consent
    • Participant anonymity
    • Temporal validity

  20. Informing participants that they can stop taking part at any time ensures what?

    • Participant blinding
    • Inter-rater reliability
    • Ecological validity
    • Right to withdraw

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