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What is the social responsibility of psychology?
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The duty to report findings honestly and to think about how the knowledge is used in society.
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What is honest reporting?
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Presenting results accurately, with limitations, without exaggeration or hiding findings.
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Why must psychologists avoid stereotyping?
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Average group differences are not fixed truths about any individual.
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What does 'guard against misuse' mean?
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Anticipating how findings could justify harm and framing them to limit that risk.
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Why does responsibility continue after data collection?
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Because how findings are reported and used can help or harm society.
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How can a biased test create a fake 'difference'?
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A measure valid in one culture may unfairly lower another group's scores.
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What is stigma?
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A mark of shame attached to a group of people.
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Is an average difference a fact about every person in a group?
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No. It is an average, and many people in the "lower" group score higher than many in the other.
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One responsibility when talking to the media?
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State the real size and limits of a finding so it is not exaggerated.
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What is advocacy?
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Pressing for change that the evidence supports, for example in a school or a law.
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What makes research socially sensitive?
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Its findings could harm the group it is about, especially a group that is already treated unfairly.
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