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khang · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A psychology graduate student is employed as a research assistant in a psychological experiment involving deception. In studying the research plan, she notices that no debriefing is planned. What should she do?

a. She has a responsibility to raise the question with the principal investigator and see that it is resolved.
b. Because she is not in charge of the project, she has no ethical responsibility and should do nothing.
c. Although she has no ethical responsibility, she should suggest that the investigator look into the ethical question but should not pursue the matter any further.
d. She should resign her assistantship in order to protect her ethical position.

Question 2

Debriefing is

a. Giving instructions to the participant
b. Informing participants after the session of the experiment's true purpose
c. Filing all the papers associated with the experiment
d. Presenting a portion of someone else's work as your own