A participant's agreement to participate in research after receiving information about the purposes of the study and the nature of the treatments is referred to as __________.

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Informed consent is the participant's agreement to participate in research after receiving information about the purposes of the study and the nature of the treatments. Conditioning refers to a learned response to a specific stimulus. Debriefing is a post experimental discussion to inform participants of the study's purpose and control for any negative effects. Volunteer bias is the tendency for research participants to differ from non-participants in some systematic way.

A Participant's Agreement to Participate in Research After Receiving Information