Why do psychologists sometimes use deception in research? Under what circumstances is deception appropriate?
What will be an ideal response?
One way that researchers control for participants' expectations is to use bogus procedures or instructions that prevent participants from learning the experiment's true purpose. However, before researchers can use bogus or deceptive methodology, they must satisfy the American Psychological Association's code of ethics. For example, researchers must justify the deceptive techniques by the scientific, educational, or applied value of the study and can use deception only if no other reasonable way to test the hypothesis is available.
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