| Abstract: | REVIEWS PUBLISHED STUDIES TO APPRAISE THE PREVALENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DECEPTION IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. SOME SUBSTANTIVE AREAS RELY HEAVILY ON DECEPTION, AND ARE HIGHLY CONSISTENT IN THEIR USE OF CERTAIN KINDS OF DECEPTIONS. FEW STUDIES USING THIS TACTIC REPORTED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SS' SUSPICIONS OF THE DECEPTIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE STUDIES' SUBSTANTIVE AREA OR THE KINDS OF DECEPTIONS EMPLOYED. IN THE STUDIES REPORTING SUCH INFORMATION, ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SS WERE SUSPICIOUS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE STUDIES' SUBSTANTIVE AREA OR DECEPTIONS. THE INADEQUACY OF THE CRITERIA EMPLOYED FOR ASSESSING SUSPICION AND OTHER POSSIBLE SOURCES OF DISTORTION IN THE REPORTED RATES OF SUSPICION ARE DISCUSSED. THE NEED FOR GUIDELINES IN EVALUATING DECEPTION STUDIES AND EFFECTIVE PROCEDURES FOR MEASURING SS' SUSPICIONS ARE EMPHASIZED. (31 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
