Julie has proposed to do research with socially rejected children. She wants to use a selection procedure where peers identify students who are socially rejected and then they become part of Julie's social skills intervention study. She will tell the children that they are participating in a study of children's social skills but she will tell them they were randomly selected for the study, not that they have been identified as needing an intervention. Of the following, which is true regarding the IRB review Julie will likely encounter?
A) The IRB will not approve the study. It involves deception.
B) The IRB will not approve the study. It does not involve informed consent
C) The IRB will require full review prior to approval of the study because it involves deception.
D) The IRB will require a full board review prior to approval because there is not informed consent.

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The study involves deception because the children are being told they were randomly selected rather than being identified as socially rejected. The IRB will likely require a full review to ensure that the deception does not cause harm to the participants and that the benefits of the study outweigh any potential harm. Informed consent is not an issue in this scenario because Julie is still obtaining consent from the participants, even though she is not disclosing the true reason for their selection.

Julie Has Proposed to Do Research with Socially Rejected Children