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2. You want to test the idea that people are more likely to help others of their own race. You want to conduct an experiment where you will stage a kidnapping in front of a busy store to see who will seek help for the “victim.” You will manipulate whether the person posing as the victim is of European or African descent. What are the ethical issues involved? If you were a member of the IRB, what questions would you ask of the researchers? Do you think such an experiment would be ethical? Can you design an experiment that tests the same idea but raises fewer ethical issues?