Deception in Experiments: Revisiting the Arguments in Its Defense

By Ralph Hertwig, Andreas Ortmann. 2008

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In psychology, deception is commonly used to increase experimental control. Yet, its use has provoked concerns that it raises participants' suspicions, prompts second-guessing of experimenters' true intentions, and ultimately distorts behavior and endangers the control it is meant to achieve. Over time, these concerns regarding the methodological costs of the use of deception have been subjected to empirical analysis. We review the evidence stemming from these studies.

Subfields: General Decision Sciences, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• On doing better science: From thrill of discovery to policy implications (2017, background): “Finally, I hope to see little or no deception used (Hertwig & Ortmann, 2008; Ortmann & Hertwig, 1997, 2002).”
• On making experimental design choices: Discussions on the use and challenges of demand effects, incentives, deception, samples, and vignettes (2020, background): “Ortmann and Hertwig (2002; Hertwig & Ortmann, 2008a; 2008b) conducted several evaluations across psychology studies using deception.”