RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND ETHICS
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When the benefits of the deception outweigh the costs
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When there is no risk at all associated with the deception
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Deception may never be used
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Studies may use deception if it is necessary to answer the research question. If, in order to counter the demand effect, researchers cannot disclose their research hypotheses, the failure to disclose is not considered deception.
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Deception is the intentional misleading of subjects or the withholding of full information about the nature of the experiment. Investigators may mislead or omit information about the purpose of the research, the role of the researcher, or what procedures in the study are actually experimental.
Detailed explanation-3: -Using deception allows researchers to keep participants from understanding the actual purpose of the experiment, which prevents participants from changing their behavior based on their perceptions of the experiment’s purpose.
Detailed explanation-4: -Informed consent Research using deceptive methods involves omitting one or more of the required elements of consent; usually all or part of the true study purpose and the risk of the deception itself.