I was about to convey something similar before I saw Karl's post. Admittedly,
this is a mild form of deception (would anyone really object to participating
in the study because they were told that the study was of memory rather than of
attention or vice versa?). The fact is that very often researchers do not
reveal their hypotheses to potential subjects and although such situations are
not considered deception, I sometimes wonder whether there are cases in which
Ss feel mildly misled because they did not get this one piece of information.
Anyway, if the deception is confined to the study title and not to how the
study is presented to potential Ss as part of the consent process, then I
wonder if you might want to come up with a neutral title thereby avoiding the
minor deception that would occur with the misleading title.
Miguel
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From: Wuensch, Karl Louis [wuens...@ecu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, October 8, 2017 2:56 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] to deceive or not to deceive
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:devoldercar...@gmail.com]
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>
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