When might a researcher legitimately avoid the process of getting informed consent in a naturalistic study?
A) When the study is so innocuous that there is no risk of harm.
B) When the study focuses on public behavior that could be observed by anyone, so that participants would have no expectation of privacy.
C) When the IRB has reviewed the proposal and agreed that informed consent is not necessary.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
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Which of the following statements about American attitudes toward the scope of government is true?
a. A majority of Americans favor having unlimited government. b. A majority of Americans think that the government should do more rather than do less. c. A majority of Americans think the federal government should be streamlined. d. A majority of Americans never think about the scope of government.
As explained by Roberts, which of the following would be an example of "collective security"?
a. Each state in the system pledges not to attack any other state in the system. b. All states in the system merge their military forces to create a system-wide army. c. All states in the system agree that they will join with an aggressor in an attack against a victim. d. All states in the system agree that if any one state is attacked, the other will join forces with the victim of the attack. e. A group of states join together against an external threat. They pledge to come to each other's aid in the event of an attack by the threatening state.