Ethical Controversies

Question 1

When an unauthorized person is able to read confidential psychological information, the responsible psychologist has experienced __________.

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custodial loss

Question 2

What is one ethical issue demonstrated in the Milgram experiments?

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Milgram and his associates pressured subjects to continue after they signaled that they wished to stop.

Question 3

Animals are currently used in _____ percent of psychological research.

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Question 4

Vivisection refers to the live dissection of animals or the use of live animals for experimental research.

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Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the rules that must be followed regarding animal research?

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Animal research can acquire its animals illegally.

Question 6

The most ethical way to avoid charges of plagiarism is to __________.

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cite all sources whenever possible

Question 7

E-mail is usually a poor choice for the distribution of sensitive electronic files because __________.

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it is easy to send e-mail to the wrong person

Question 8

In 1939, the “Monster study” consisted of psychologists telling orphans who did not have a speech impediment that they had major speech deficiencies.

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Question 9

What are two security risks of sending confidential files via e-mail?

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Two security risks are that the message or attachment could be intercepted by an unauthorized person and that the confidential file could accidentally be sent to the wrong recipient.

Question 10

Summarize two of the most common arguments made by animal rights advocates to support the discontinuation of animals in research.

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Animal rights advocates argue that animals suffer and have a right not to be used in experiments. They also argue that animal research may not accurately apply to humans and should be replaced with non-animal alternatives whenever possible.

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