One of my grad students deceived subjects by telling them that the research was designed to investigate the physiology of taking online quizzes. In fact, the research involved relating physiology to cheating on such quizzes. Because of such deception, our IRB informed us that not only did we need to reveal such deception during the debriefing but also allow subjects to withdraw their data from the study if they wished to do so.
Cheers, [Karl L. Wuensch]<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm> From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2017 1:19 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] to deceive or not to deceive Good afternoon, TIPSters. I have a question regarding IRBs and informed consent. My students submitted their proposal and created a "working title" for their study that doesn't reveal their real intent (they are looking at memory rather than attention). To disclose the true nature of the study to participants would nullify the results by creating demand characteristics. Does this qualify as deception? Is there some rule somewhere (either an APA or an NIH OHSR rule or code) that addresses this specifically? Thanks, Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482<tel:(563)%20333-6482> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=51497 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-51497-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-51497-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=51498 or send a blank email to leave-51498-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
