According to APA Guidelines, When Is It Considered Appropriate to Deceive

question 7

Multiple Choice

According to APA guidelines, when is it considered appropriate to deceive participants about the true purpose of the study?

• A)never
• B)only when debriefing is excluded (therefore participants won't need to discover that they have been deceived)
• C)only when the subjects are nonhuman
• D)only when the research hypothesis could not be tested in any other way

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