A psychologist asks adults to complete a short typing task. They are told that the study measures typing accuracy. Regardless of their performance, each participant is shown a message saying that their score is well below average. The psychologist is actually investigating whether negative feedback affects how long participants continue with a second typing task.
Give one ethical issue raised by this study.
State one way the psychologist could deal with the ethical issue you gave in part (a).
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.