Human Ethics
Variables
Surveys
Non-human Ethics
Potpourri
100
This principle states that costs and benefits of scientific research ought to be equally distributed
What is justice
100
The variable thought to influence behavior
What is the independent variable
100
Questions where no response options are provided
What are open-ended (unstructured) questions
100
These committees protect the rights and welfare of non-human participants
What are Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs)
100
This type of research is interested in creating new knowledge without regard to practical, real-world solutions
What is basic research
200
These committees protect the rights and welfare of human participants
What is Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
200
A variable that is not manipulated, measured, or controlled
What is a random variable
200
An interview involving multiple participants simultaneously
What is a focus group
200
In addition to protection, apes, monkeys, and dolphins are guaranteed
What are enhancement provisions
200
Frequency for categorical variables or a mean & standard deviation for continuous variables are examples of these types of statistics
What are descriptive statistics
300
Participants must be able to make educated decisions about whether or not to participate, to continue participating, or to withhold their data from a research study
What is informed consent
300
A variable that is held constant across all conditions
What is a control variable
300
When a single question simultaneously addresses multiple topics
What is a double-barreled question
300
Individual labs are required to use as FEW/MANY animals as possible to test their research question
What is FEW
300
This principle of psychological research questions means that they can be potentially disproven
What is falsifiability
400
A requirement for all research studies, especially those involving deception
What is debriefing
400
A variable that systematically varies with the independent variable
What is a confounding variable
400
When the response options to not cover the full range of possible responses, it is not
What is exhaustive
400
This evolutionary principle allows us to draw inferences from non-human animals to humans
What is continuity
400
These studies differ from an original study in one key aspect
What is a systematic replication
500
The first international guide to research ethics
What is the Nuremberg Code
500
The statement linking the conceptual and measured variables
What is an operational definition
500
The reliability and validity of questionnaires are collectively referred to as
What are psychometric properties
500
Characteristics of non-human animals that make them of special interest to investigators demonstrate this advantage
What is uniqueness
500
This philosophical term means that evidence is taken from observations of the real world
What is empiricism
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