The question remains: Is deception acceptable? (1998)
Authors
Abstract
Responds to comments by A. J. Kimmel, J. H. Korn, and A. Br \ o der (see records 1998-04417-018, 1998-04417-019, and 1998-04417-020, respectively) on the authors' original article (see record 1997-04731-011) regarding the use of deception in psychological research. Whether there has been a recent decline in the use of deception is irrelevant. Even if its use is less frequent and less dramatic than in the past, deception can strongly affect the reputation of individual labs and the profession, thus contaminating the participant pool. Whether deception is a bad thing methodologically is open to dispute. The authors hold that deception significantly influences the behavior of participants, whereas Kimmel and Br \ o der do not. It is noted that Ortmann and Hertwig's definition of deception does not coincide with that intimated by Br \ o der. Not telling participants the purpose of an experiment is not necessarily deception; telling participants things that are not true necessarily is. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Bibliographic entry
Ortmann, A., & Hertwig, R. (1998). The question remains: Is deception acceptable? American Psychologist, 53, 806-807. (Full text)
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| Publication year | 1998 | |
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| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
| External URL: | http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/institut/dok/full/hertwig/hrqr_ap__/hrqr_ap__.html View | |
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| Keywords: | deception (major)experimental methods (major)experimentation (major)professional standards (major) |