Deception in research: how college students view deception

Author

David Devries

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

7

Number

1 & 2

Page Numbers

pages 57-62

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2001

Abstract

This study asked college students to evaluate the use of deceptive techniques in psychological research. Ninety-two undergraduates evaluated via a three-point Likert Scale four classic deceptive studies in psychology. Students were asked to rate each study as to how deceptive and harmful it was, how valuable it was, and the cost-benefit to science of the study. Respondents generally believed these studies worth doing; however, around 20 percent felt the cost to the subjects was too high.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

6 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 7 no. 1 & 2 2001

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Devries, David (2001) "Deception in research: how college students view deception," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 7: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol7/iss1/10