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Subjects' expectations and the search for alternatives to deception in social psychology
Author(s) -
Krupat Edward,
Garonzik Ron
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1994.tb01019.x
Subject(s) - deception , psychology , social psychology , sample (material) , empirical research , epistemology , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography
Two studies were performed, the first investigating subjects' attitudes towards participation in experimental research, the second testing a non‐deceptive, non‐role playing methodology. In Study 1, we asked a sample of 225 college students who might comprise a typical experimental sample for their attitudes towards deception. We found that those who had been previously deceived at least once were more likely to expect future deception than those who had not been deceived. To demonstrate that deception is not always essential, in Study 2 we used a simple non‐deceptive parallel to a classic social influence experiment and successfully replicated its findings. These two studies give new empirical weight to the challenge to experimental deception in social psychology.