Using a cost-benefit analysis to make ethical decisions reflects a (an) _________ perspective.
a. utilitarian
b. empirical
c. economic
d. deontological
e. skeptical
Why is the following question not a good one to use in an interview or on a questionnaire:
How close do you feel to your mother and father?
a. conditional information follows the key idea of the question
b. it is double-barreled
c. the response format is inappropriate
d. it is not valid
e. it avoids unwarranted assumptions about the respondents
A researcher refuses to conduct research that involves deception because she believes that lying is immoral under all circumstances. This researcher is operating from a (an) _______ ethical perspective.
a. utilitarian
b. skeptical
c. anti-coercive
d. deontological
e. pragmatic
A one-way experimental design
a. uses a single group of participants
b. involves one independent variable
c. tests a single hypothesis
d. includes only one dependent variable
e. contains only one experimental condition
Applying concepts and theories from psychology to study famous people is called
a. historical psychology
b. idiography
c. biopsychology
d. psychobiography
e. none of the above