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 ________________________________________ 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> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: wuens...@ecu.edu<mailto:wuens...@ecu.edu>. 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: ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c12d&n=T&l=tips&o=51498 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-51498-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-51498-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=51499 or send a blank email to leave-51499-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu