According to the ethical guidelines for conducting research, what is an experimenter who uses deception required to do?
a) disclose the deception before the experiment begins
b) debrief participants immediately after the experiment
c) inform local law enforcement agencies of the use of deception
d) pay participants a bonus for participating in an experiment that used deception
ANS: b
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