A psychologist asks adult volunteers to complete a route-planning puzzle in a research room. The volunteers are not told that a hidden audio recorder will record their conversations while they work.
State one ethical issue raised by this study.
Using your answer to part (a), explain why the procedure raises this ethical issue.
182 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.1 Planning Research, covering 7.1.1 Hypotheses, 7.1.2 Variables, 7.1.3 Experimental Designs, 7.1.4 Populations and Sampling, 7.1.5 Ethical issues, and 7.1.6 Dealing with ethical issues and BPS Code. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.