Human use of human subjects: The problem of deception in social psychological experiments.

Abstract

THOUGH THERE IS OFTEN GOOD REASON FOR DECEIVING SS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS, WIDESPREAD USE OF SUCH PROCEDURES HAS SERIOUS (1) ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS, INVOLVING NOT ONLY THE POSSIBILITY OF HARM TO S, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF THE E-S RELATIONSHIP; (2) METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, RELATING TO