In an Effort to Prevent Participants in an Experiment from Trying

question 296

Multiple Choice

In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers' predictions,psychologists sometimes

• A) obtain written promises from participants to respond honestly.
• B) treat information about individual participants confidentially.
• C) deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment.
• D) allow people to decide for themselves whether they want to participate in an experiment.

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