... would then limit the outside factors taking effect. By doing this the experiment would become true to life or ecologically valid. As the candidate would be acting directly in the manner as they normally would. However experimenters are obligated to follow the human rights act 1998, when making decisions regarding privacy and confidentiality. Deception is another important aspect to be explored in psychology. This ethical issue is occasionally broken, this is often so that the desired outcome can be achieved more easily, because the experimenter is able to gain a true view over the candidate and gain an advantage from aspects such as leading questions. There are disadvantages to deception however, for starters the concept of deception is morally wrong, and then secondly the results may not be ecologically valid. The best example of deception that I have been able to find was in an experiment conducted by Stanley ...

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