In a study of conformity, Year 10 pupils are told they are doing a general knowledge quiz. In fact the other people in their group have been told to give wrong answers, and the researcher records whether each pupil goes along with them.
Describe how the researcher could deal with the deception in this study.
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.