Question

Irene bialik, a psychologist, wants to study how the habit of telling lies affects marital relationships. she contacts married couples from across the country to participate in her study. she lets them know that the only cost of participation would be that they would need to reveal if they have ever lied to their parents. irene also informs them that they will be paid an amount of $1,000 each for participating in the study. in this scenario, which guideline of psychological research best describes the one followed by irene?

Answer 1

The guideline of psychological research that best describes the one followed by Irene is beneficence. Beneficence is a method used by medical practitioners with a goal in mind that helps their patients do better with their current state. Irene Bialik is a psychologist that wants to study how the habit of telling lies affects marital relationships. So what she did was she was looking for participants across the country such as married couples. And she told them that the only cost of participation would be that they would need to reveal if they have ever lied to their parents. Also she said that they will be paid an amount of $1,000 each for participating in the study. So in a way, she can get the research she wanted and at the same time, she can help marred couples fix their problems.