3.46 Informed consent A researcher suspects that traditional religious beliefs
tend to be associated with an authoritarian personality. She prepares a question-
naire that measures authoritarian tendencies and also asks many religious ques-
tions. Write a description of the purpose of this research to be read by subjects in
order to obtain their informed consent. You must balance the conflicting goals of
not deceiving the subjects as to what the questionnaire will tell about them and
of not biasing the sample by scaring off religious people.
