Adults are told that they are taking part in a study of how people judge the quality of photographs. While each adult waits to begin, a person who appears to be another participant drops a pile of papers nearby. This person is actually a member of the research team, and the researcher records whether the adult helps to pick up the papers.
Explain why this procedure raises the ethical issue of deception.
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.