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study, participants should be provided with full debriefing i.e., they 
should receive a full explanation of all the study, including its true 
goals, plus an explanation of the need for temporary deception. 
Considerable research has been carried out to get an idea 
about what participants think about it. The results also reveal that 
both informed consent and debriefing significantly reduce the 
potential dangers of deception. For example, most participants 
report that they view temporary deception as acceptable provided 
potential benefits are in great proportion than the potential costs 
and if there is no other means of obtaining the information sought 
then the use of deception technique is tolerable. 
We can summarize this topic by stating that deception has 
its significance in revealing genuine responses by participants but it 
has ethical issues too. Large majority of research reveal that 
participants do not react negatively to temporary deception. 
Therefore, the use of temporary deception technique is 
understandable. 
Some important guiding principles for use of deception are as 
follows : 
(1) Use deception only when it is essential to do so-when no other 
means for conducting a study exist;
(2) Always proceed with great caution; and
(3) Make certain that every possible precaution is taken to protect 
the rights, safety, and welfare of research participants. 
2.5 LET US SUM UP : 
 
In this chapter we have tried to focus on the very important 
aspects of understanding social psychology. First we considered 
the importance of research methods in understanding the research 
studies in psychology. Second, the importance of theory in 
psychology and thirdly the ethical issues one must be cautious 
while conducting the research.
 
2.6 REFERENCES : 
 
• Baron, R. A., Byrne, D., and Branscombe, N. R. (2006). 
Social Psychology. (11
th
edition, Indian print). 

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