A researcher wishes to study behavior in a kindergarten classroom. The researcher sends home permission slips to parents informing them of the study being conducted, with a statement asking parents to return a form refusing their child's participation in the study. The research includes all students in the research for whom parents did not return the refusal form. This is an example of
A) informed consent.
B) active consent.
C) passive consent.
D) ethical violation.
Which example is NOT a reason that social scientists sometimes question the existence of IRBs?
A) IRBs are more fit to establish ethical guidelines for qualitative than quantitative research.
B) IRBs sometimes overstep intended purpose and limits.
C) IRBs can impede the search for answers to social problems.
D) IRBs help to mitigate risk of physical or emotional injury to research subjects.
The first regulation of research that established a review by an institutional committee as a requirement for research was the
A) Family Educational Rights to Privacy Act.
B) National Research Act.
C) Institutional Guide to DHEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Policy on Protection of Human Subjects.
D) U.S. Surgeon General Statement for Public Health Service Research.
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