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GCSE Psychology · key term
Misleading participants or withholding information about the true purpose or procedure of research.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Ethical ConsiderationsDeception involves misleading participants or withholding information about a study's true purpose or procedure. It creates an ethical problem because participants cannot make a fully informed choice if important information is missing. Discovering that they were misled may also cause distress or reduce their trust in researchers.
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Misleading participants about research, either by giving false information or by withholding relevant information.
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Deception means misleading participants. It includes telling them something false, such as giving false test feedback, and withholding relevant information, such as the true purpose of a task.
