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In the history of psychological research, there are many examples of when subjects

were deceived in highly unethical ways, at least by our standards today. However, deception remains an important tool in modern psychological research with human subjects. As discussed in these lectures, any use of deception must first be approved by an Institutional Review Board and the experimenter must provide justification for why deception is essential to their study. 

When is it acceptable for a researcher in psychology to use deception? That is, when are researchers permitted to not give a complete explanation of the study and obtain informed consent prior to participation?

Select the two correct answers.

a) If understanding the hypothesis being tested will affect or bias the participants’ behavior in ways that will render the entire experiment invalid.

b) When the long-term benefits of the research out-weigh the short-term costs of deceiving the participants, as determined by an Institutional Review Board.

c) If the researcher shares the final results of the study with the deceived participants when they are ultimately published.

d) If the researcher obtains informed consent from the participant authorizing the deception.

e) Deception is never allowed in psychological research under any circumstances.

Method: Cortisol levels (a hormone related to stress) are recorded from participant’s saliva

a) monitoring

b) observation

c) self- reporting

This is ______ method match

a) weak b) strong