Self-Assessment Quiz 3.1: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Research Participants

. ________ is the standard of conduct that distinguishes between right and wrong.

Privacy invasion

Deception

Ethics

Informed consent

. Many of the ethical standards that guide social science research are derived from all of the following except

the societal norms and values at large.

the codes of conduct stated by professional organizations such as the American Sociological Association.

the rules stated by federal regulations.

the personal beliefs of the social scientists who are conducting the research.

. The fundamental rights of research participants dictate that

the researcher must take all reasonable measures to minimize the risk of participants experiencing hurt, humiliation, or betrayal during the study.

a participant's life, psychological well-being,and/or physical health must not be endangered during the study.

participants should not be harmed by participating in a research study.

All of the above

. The Tuskegee study of syphilis raised serious concerns on the issue of informed consent because

the participants were informed by the researchers that treatment for their underlying illness would not be given to them.

the participants were told they could discontinue their participation in the study, but that they would not lose promised benefits.

the participants were not given complete information about the research that would have enabled them to make rational and/or voluntary decisionsabout whether to participate or not.

the researchers told the participants about the exact illness they were studying, andwere therefore not misinformed about the illness under investigation.

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