The current majority viewpoint concerning the use of deception in psychological experiments is
A) deception is often necessary and does not hurt the participant so use it whenever necessary.
B) deception should be used only when it can be justified by the likely scientific, educational, or applied value of the study.
C) deception is unethical and should not be used.
D) deception is not really an issue of concern.
B
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a. ?electrical signals; neural receptors b. ?electrical signals; synapse c. ?chemicals; neural receptors d. ?chemicals; synapse
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