Author Question: In an experiment you are interested in how fear affects attitudes towards child rearing styles. In ... (Read 28 times)

ARLKQ · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

In an experiment you are interested in how fear affects attitudes towards child rearing styles. In your experiment your measure of attitudes towards child rearing styles will be your ______ variable.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

Briefly describe one unethical experiment, either real or hypothetical, and the principals in place as a result of the Belmont Report that would make such an experiment difficult to conduct today.

What will be an ideal response?

Jane · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: dependent

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The student can either make up an unethical experiment or mention the Tuskegee Syphilis study in which subjects were exposed to syphilis without their knowledge. The principles that would mitigate against such an experiment today would be:
o Respect for the person which would require informed consent.
o Beneficence which requires that no harm be done in an experiment.
o Justice which forbids using samples of convenience such as prisoners or people driven by poverty to volunteer.