Question

Which of the following statements about deception is accurate?

Deception has never been used in any research study in the history of psychology.

There has been a steady increase in the use of deception in psychology research over the past 30 years.

Deception was used in psychology research in the past, but the APA recently banned its use.

Deception may be used if there are no reasonable alternative procedures and if it is justified by the value of the study.

Answer 1

The most accurate statement about deception is that deception can be used if there are no reasonable alternative procedures and if it is justified by the value of the study. This is because in some instances deception becomes necessary to obtain accurate results. Researchers can use deception to an extent if there is no other alternative and if they can justify it's use.

The other options are incorrect because deception has been used in history of psychology for many researches like Milgram's study. Also there are no such prominent statistics on the use of deception. Lastly, APA has not banned it's use because as mentioned earlier it is considered in cases where there is no other alternative and when it is justifiable.

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