This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Aptitude > Research Ethics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Research Ethics Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The two important components of research responsibility are:sincerity in work and avoiding A) Confidentiality. B) Writing the thesis. C) Research techniques. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plagiarism. 2. What type of research studies how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning? A) Human Factors Psychology. B) Developmental Psychology. C) Social Psychology. D) Educational Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Educational Psychology. 3. In research, what is a 'gatekeeper'? A) Anyone whose permission must be sought before undertaking research. B) The person who opens the gate to a nursery each morning. C) A nursery manager. D) A parent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anyone whose permission must be sought before undertaking research. 4. What branch of psychology studies the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits? A) Developmental Psychology. B) Psychometrics. C) Education Psychology. D) Social Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychometrics. 5. The responsibility for defining, developing and and reflecting an establishment's Culture of Care, and applying local values and perspectives to animal research, 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: D) The Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Board. 6. The correlation coefficient is a statistical index of the relationship between to things and can vary between: A) -1 and 1. B) -10 and 10. C) -100 and 100. D) -2 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -1 and 1. 7. In the field of educational research, deception can happen anytime. What characteristic of a human being can lead him to temptations? A) Human frailty. B) Narrow-mindedness. C) Critical Thinker. D) Decision Maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human frailty. 8. What is essential to the experimentation process when assigning participants to groups? A) Completely random assignment. B) Assignment by alphabetically order. C) Assignment in order they signed-up for the experiment. D) Let them choose their group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completely random assignment. 9. What branch of psychology studies human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities thrive? A) Functionalism. B) Cognitive Neuroscience. C) Positive Psychology. D) Natural Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive Psychology. 10. All of the following philosophers believed the mind and body are separate EXCEPT? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Descartes. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 11. Which group is MOST likely to support the use of animals for research or food as long as the animals are treated humanely? A) PETA. B) Vegetarians. C) Animal Welfare Ethical Review Body. D) World Wildlife Fund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animal Welfare Ethical Review Body. 12. What is the term for a testable prediction; often implied by a theory? A) Hypothesis. B) Law. C) Hunch. D) Operational Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 13. "Briefing" the participants would most likely mean ..... A) Putting participants into the the most appropriate conditions. B) Ensuring there is no physical harm done. C) Giving participants information about the study after it begins. D) Giving participants information about the study before it begins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giving participants information about the study before it begins. 14. Plagiarism applies to- A) Research Publication, term Papers etc. B) Photographs and Songs. C) Ideas. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. What term refers to both participants and researchers being unaware of who is assigned to which group? A) Placebo. B) Illusory Correlation. C) Confounding Bariables. D) Double-Blind Procedure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Double-Blind Procedure. 16. Ethics can be broadly categorised into ..... main parts- A) Four. B) Three. C) One. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 17. John Watson and B.F. Skinner are associated with which psychological perspective? A) Structuralism. B) Humanism. C) Behaviorism. D) Psychoanalytic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaviorism. 18. Open-ended, Closed-response, forced-choice response and Likert response are the structure of ..... A) Questions. B) Interviews. C) Observation. D) Questionnaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questionnaire. 19. Best way to avoid Plagiarism is- A) Read something and put it as yours. B) To give credit to author. C) Use quotations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. When obtaining "informed consent" which of the following would be least likely to be included: A) Debriefing. B) Explanation about the Right to withdraw. C) Explanation about what the data will be used for. D) Aims of the research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debriefing. 21. When is it best to remind participants of their 'right to withdraw' A) Before the study has started. B) After the study is complete. C) During the study. D) Before, during and after the study has taken place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before, during and after the study has taken place. 22. How many types of interviews are there? A) 2. B) 3. C) 0. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 23. Deception may be justified if ..... A) There is absolutely no other way to ensure participants will not change their natural behaviour. B) The participants may feel distress after the deception is revealed. C) The deception is withheld until after the research is completed. D) They provide signed consent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is absolutely no other way to ensure participants will not change their natural behaviour. 24. Which method is most commonly associated with a lack of informed consent? A) Structured interviewing. B) Observation. C) In-depth interviewing. D) Qualitative content analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 25. Ethics can be defined as: A) A process of reasoning in terms of the right thing to do. B) Rules governing society. C) The basis of the criminal code. D) A list of rights and wrongs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A process of reasoning in terms of the right thing to do. 26. What are the four major principles that the British Psychological Society built their ethics guidelines around? A) Professionalism, charisma, confidence and integrity. B) Competence, professionalism, idealism and respect. C) Respect, niceness, integrity and consent. D) Respect, competence, responsibility and integrity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respect, competence, responsibility and integrity. 27. What type of variable in an experiment is an outcome that is measured to see if another variable may have caused it? A) Dependent Variable. B) Confounding Variable. C) Placebo. D) Independent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Variable. 28. What type of research studies pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base? A) Developmental Psychology. B) Basic Researchers. C) Applied Research. D) Psychometrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basic Researchers. 29. Which approach to psychology emphasizes the study of mental processes, such as when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate and solve problems. A) Cognitive. B) Behaviorism. C) Humanism. D) Structuralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive. 30. What term refers to a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other? A) Correlation. B) Standard Deviation. C) Variable. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesResearch Ethics Quiz 1Research Ethics Quiz 2Research Ethics Quiz 3Research Ethics Quiz 4Research Ethics Quiz 6Research Ethics Quiz 7Intellectual Property Rights QuizQualitative Research Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books