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(a)
To explain in which of the circumstances given would you allow collecting personal information without the subjects’ consent.
(a)
Answer to Problem 111E
The consent is not needed.
Explanation of Solution
In this it is given that a government agency takes a random sample of income tax returns to obtain information on the average income of people in different occupations. Only the incomes and the occupations are recorded from the returns but not the names. So, in this since the names are not recorded, it will not be possible to link the income or occupation to a single individual and thus consent is not needed.
(b)
To explain in which of the circumstances given would you allow collecting personal information without the subjects’ consent.
(b)
Answer to Problem 111E
The consent is not needed.
Explanation of Solution
It is given in this that a social psychologists attend public meetings of a religious group to study the behavior patterns of members. Thus, in this case the meetings are public and thus everybody is allowed to be present during these meetings, which means that no consent is needed as long as the psychologist is not misleading the other members.
(c)
To explain in which of the circumstances given would you allow collecting personal information without the subjects’ consent.
(c)
Answer to Problem 111E
The consent is needed.
Explanation of Solution
It is given in this that a social psychologists pretend to be converted to membership in a religious groups and attend private meetings to study the behavior patterns of members. Thus, in this case a psychologist is deliberately misleading the members and attending private meetings, thus consent is needed.
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