Ethics (+ sampling/reflexivity)

Question 1

The “BBC Prison Study” was a 2002 recreation of which infamous conformity study?

Answer 1

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Question 2

The main aim of the BBC prison study was to avoid the _____ issues that made Zimbardo’s study so infamous:

Answer 2

Ethical

Question 3

What did Reicher & Haslam (2002) find in the BBC mock prison study, contrary to the findings of Zimbardo?

Answer 3

Guards seemed uncomfortable using authority over prisoners

Question 4

The cultural difference between the Stanford Prison Experiment & the BBC Prison Study was that the Stanford study was set in the ____ whereas the BBC study was set in the ____:

Answer 4

USA; UK

Question 5

For participant involvement in research to be ethical, participants must be:

Answer 5

Fully engaged

Question 6

True or false: researchers must have the appropriate research training & skills for the type of research they are wanting to conduct:

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Ethical principles were developed in response to studies which contained ____ (physical or psychological), ____ and _____ _____:

Answer 7

Harm; deception; racial prejudice

Question 8

What 2 factors are required when gaining consent from participants?

Answer 8

Informing; getting consent

Question 9

The ethical principle of cultural sensitivity challenges _____, allows participants AND researchers to identify with own _____ and includes liaison with _____ leaders:

Answer 9

Ethnocentrism; ethnicities; community

Question 10

Name the 4 ethical principles described in lecture 4:

Answer 10

Cultural sensitivity; informed consent; deception/protection from harm; confidentiality

Question 11

An important aspect of the cultural sensitivity principle is that researchers must think on their feet and build:

Answer 11

Rapport

Question 12

Gaining informed consent includes explaining how data will be used. True or false?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Deception is useful when conducting studies with children, or in qualitative research. True or false?

Answer 13

False

Question 14

If using deception in a study, participants must always be ____ at the end:

Answer 14

Debriefed

Question 15

Seeking permission and explaining how data will be used are key principles of:

Answer 15

Informed consent

Question 16

Name the 2 components of the confidentiality principle:

Answer 16

Data access only to researchers & participants; removal of name/place identifiers

Question 17

The dilemma of how long researchers can store data relates to the _____ principle:

Answer 17

Confidentiality

Question 18

_____ is a conscious, ongoing process whereby researchers maintain awareness of the power and influence they hold over their research:

Answer 18

Reflexivity

Question 19

A reflexive researcher may be asked who the research benefits as well as who is being excluded from it. True or false?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Purposeful sampling involves ____ experience, maximum ____ in experience and _____ sampling:

Answer 20

Common; variation; snowball

Question 21

In quantitative research, sampling is led by:

Answer 21

Statistical power

Question 22

In qualitative research, sampling is led by:

Answer 22

Depth