This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Aptitude > Research Ethics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Research Ethics Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the first woman to officially earn a PHD in psychology? A) Mary Whiton Calkins. B) Margaret Floy Washburn. C) Rosalie Rayner. D) Dorothea Dix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Margaret Floy Washburn. 2. Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow are associated with which psychological perspective? A) Humanism. B) Psychoanalytic. C) Structuralism. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanism. 3. When we talk about general guidelines we mean ..... A) Rules applied only to one individual from the group. B) Rules and requirements for everyone. C) Rules that people don't always have to follow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rules and requirements for everyone. 4. I carry out research on chemicals. I test some chemicals on people. I don't tell them that the chemicals could burn their skin. Which ethical research rule have I not respected? A) Deceptive practices. B) Informed consent. C) Confidentiality. D) Right to withdraw. E) Cause no harm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informed consent. 5. 'significant' is OPPOSITE to A) Important. B) Necessary. C) Minor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minor. 6. The final aim of every research is a A) Future research. B) Sponsorship. C) Ethical research. D) Research report. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research report. 7. Guilla make sure that the names of her participants are not revealed with regards to their agreement. What consideration did she follow? A) Privacy and Confidentiality. B) Informed Consent. C) Integrity. D) Deception and Misrepresentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Privacy and Confidentiality. 8. What does the APA ethical principles say about the use of deception in research A) Participants must be full informed about any deception before the research begins. B) Deception should be used only if no better alternative is available. C) Deception may never be used. D) As long as no participants are harmed, deception can be used whenever the researcher wishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deception should be used only if no better alternative is available. 9. Who went on to establish the 1st formal U.S. psychology lab at Johns Hopkins University? A) Hall. B) Wundt. C) Titchener. D) James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hall. 10. If researchers do not reveal the true aims of a study to the participants or that actively lie to them, this is known as A) Lying. B) Deception. C) Psychological harm. D) None of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deception. 11. The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that supports one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses. A) Ethics. B) In-group bias. C) Hindsight bias. D) Confirmation bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confirmation bias. 12. The purpose of animal ethical guidelines are A) To ensure animals experience minimal suffering possible to achieve the desired outcome for the study. B) To ensure animals are not harmed at all during the study. C) To ensure the study gets valid responses from the animals. D) To ensure researchers are able to do what they like to the animals with no repercussions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ensure animals experience minimal suffering possible to achieve the desired outcome for the study. 13. To 'disclose results' means the same as A) Make the results make public. B) Hide the results. C) Not demonstrate the results unless there is an official request. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make the results make public. 14. What type of research aims to solve practical real world problems specifically in the work place to boost morale and productivity, design products and implement systems? A) Human Factors Psychology. B) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. C) Developmental Psychology. D) Applied Research. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. 15. What is the term for the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it? (The "knew it all along" phenomenon.) A) Hindsight Bias. B) Operational Definition. C) Hypothesis. D) Replication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindsight Bias. 16. What is the term for a carefully worded statement of exact procedures used in a research study? A) Operational Definition. B) Hypothesis. C) Law. D) Varaiables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operational Definition. 17. If something is available, you A) Can use it. B) Cannot use it. C) Want to use it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can use it. 18. Full form of WAME is- A) World Association for Medical Errors. B) World Association for Medical Editors. C) World Association of Medical Educators. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World Association for Medical Editors. 19. If you are 'required' to do something, you A) Don't have to do it. B) Can do it if you want. C) You have to do it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You have to do it. 20. Which student of Wudnt introduced structuralism, the early school of thought emphasizing elements of the mind's structure through introspection? A) Hall. B) Titchener. C) James. D) Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Titchener. 21. Structure of a questionnaire A) Re-draft the questionnaire. B) Closed-response questions. C) Specify the information being sought. D) Closed-response ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed-response questions. 22. Which statement best defines the concept of "ethics" ? A) Ethics is the ability to tell the difference in right and wrong behavior. B) Ethics is trying to judge people by what they believe and do. C) Ethics is a society's standards of conduct based on moral values and principles of its members. D) Characteristics that bring people praise and admiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics is the ability to tell the difference in right and wrong behavior. 23. If a researcher violates the code of research ethics they may face ..... A) A fine. B) Loss of their license to research or practice psychology. C) A written warning and loss of reputation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. Principle of beneficence means A) Benefits to partcipants. B) No benefits. C) Benefit to researcher. D) Benefit to organisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benefits to partcipants. 25. De-briefing includes A) Explaining the nature and aims of the research. B) Giving time to ask questions. C) How the data will be stored and used. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. Which early philosopher argued all humans are born with a "tabula rasa" or a "blank slate" on which experience writes? A) Aristotle. B) Locke. C) Plato. D) Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locke. 27. Willingness to accept suggestions and comments for the improvement of his/her research . A) Carefulness. B) Openness. C) Integrity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Openness. 28. If participants are deceived, which other ethical issue does this automatically create? A) Lack of right to withdraw. B) Lack of confidentiality or anonymity. C) Lack of privacy. D) Lack of informed consent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of informed consent. 29. The responsibility for maintaining the welfare of an animal during an experiment lies with: A) The institutional licence holder. B) The researcher. C) The UK government. D) The Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Board. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The researcher. 30. A code of ethics is most like ..... A) A guide for what to consider or do before carrying out research. B) A list of things that should be avoided. C) A list of steps that must be taken after research is done. D) A guide for what to consider or do before, during and after research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A guide for what to consider or do before, during and after research. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesResearch Ethics Quiz 2Research Ethics Quiz 3Research Ethics Quiz 4Research Ethics Quiz 5Research Ethics Quiz 6Research Ethics Quiz 7Intellectual Property Rights QuizQualitative Research Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books