Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (23.08.2024) Shift-I
A researcher decides to tell participants something false about a research session in order to mislead them. The researcher is using:
ANaturalistic observation
BRole playing
CActive deception ✓ Correct
DDehoaxing
Correct answer: (C) Active deception — Deliberately misleading participants is active deception, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Deliberately misleading participants is active deception, so that is the answer.
★Active deception gives participants false information on purpose.
★It is used to elicit their true, unguarded thoughts or behaviour.
★Here the researcher tells participants something false to mislead them.
★So this method is active deception.
★Naturalistic observation, role playing and dehoaxing describe other procedures, not this one.
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