Horace is working in a lab that is researching personality types and dreams.In this research,participants fill out lengthy personality questionnaires and record the content of their dreams for one week.Horace's job is to make sure that each participant is given an identity number,and that this number is not stored with any identifying information about the participant.Furthermore,Horace oversees storing all the raw data under lock and key,so that only the compiled data is available for analysis.In what way does Horace's job show how psychologists take steps to protect human participants?
A) The participation is voluntary.
B) The participants are not deceived.
C) The participants' confidentiality is protected.
D) The participants are completely debriefed.

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Horace's job involves protecting the confidentiality of the participants by assigning them an identity number and ensuring that identifying information is not stored with the data. This is an important step that psychologists take to protect the privacy and anonymity of human participants in research. A, B, and D are also important ethical considerations in research, but they are not directly relevant to the specific role that Horace is playing in the research project described.

Horace Is Working in a Lab That Is Researching Personality