Occasionally in research, deception or incomplete disclosure is necessary to avoid bias or test a hypothesis that involves misdirection. However, the requirements for obtaining informed consent ...

There are times, particularly in behavioral research, when investigators will find it necessary to use deception or incomplete disclosure about the true purpose of the research. Deception and ...

You may be familiar with some of psychology’s most famous experiments involving what seem to follow questionable ethics by today's standards. The set of studies on obedience to authority conducted by ...