PSYB01H3 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Textbook Notes

15. With respect to ethics and the use of deception in research A) it should only be used when there is no other way to obtain natural, spontaneous responses from participants B) deception violates the principle of informed consent C) the participant should be told the true purpose of the study when it is over D) the benefits should clearly outweigh the ethical costs E) all of the above

16. A hypothesis is an) a unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological functioning. b. set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts, c. testable prediction that gives direction to research. d. observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables.