CHAPTER 2

• institutional review boards (IRBs)

  • composed of laypeople and researchers who evaluate research proposals to make sure that they follow ethical standards
• purpose of IRB

  • protects
  • first task is to assess
  • estimate risk
  • help researchers estimate the degree of risk
• risk/benefit analysis


  determines the risks to participants are outweighed by gains and knowledge
• Belmont Report 3 pins principles?

  1. respect for persons
  2. beneficence
  3. justice
• beneficence ?

  minimize harm and maximize potential benefits
• deception?


  may be used when it is the best way to obtain information
• confederate?


  experimenter's accomplice
• scientific fraud involves falsifying or fabricating data
• plagiarism is misrepresenting someone's ideas, words, or written work as your own