“Please Don't Talk to Anyone about This Experiment:” Disclosure of Deception by Debriefed Subjects
- 1 April 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 26 (2) , 485-486
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1970.26.2.485
Abstract
Female Ss were deceived—a confederate tried to influence their opinions—debriefed, and then sworn to secrecy. They were then contacted, either immediately after the experiment or by telephone several days later, by a second confederate who attempted to elicit information about the experiment. Six of 36 female Ss in the immediate interview and 15 of 19 in the telephone interview disclosed “secret” information. The implications of the data for deception experiments are discussed.Keywords
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