Deceiving subjects Students sign up to be subjects in a psychology experiment. When they arrive, they are told that interviews are running late and are taken to a waiting room. The experimenters then stage a theft of a valuable object left in the waiting room. Some subjects are alone with the thief, and others are in pairs—these are the treatments being compared. Will the subject report

the theft?

(a) The students had agreed to take part in an unspecified study, and the true nature of the experiment is explained to them afterward. Does this meet the requirement of informed consent? Explain.

(b) What two other ethical principles should be followed in this study?

(c) Does this study allow for inference about a population, inference about cause and effect, both, or neither? Justify your answer.

Students have been informed about the theft after the completion of the experiment.

Observational research looks at people and assesses factors of interest without trying to affect their responses.

After the experiment was completed, the students were notified of the theft. The term "informed consent" refers to those who have been informed about the study ahead of time. Individuals in this trial, however, were informed of the experimental rewards. As a result, the criterion is not fulfilled.

The following are the two most important ethical concerns that should be addressed in the research:

(a). Each subject must maintain their anonymity.

(b). Before the experiment is carried out, it should be discussed with the review board.

The presented study does not allow inferences about a population because the participants were not picked at random for the study, implying that they are not representative of the entire community.