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ERIC Number: EJ469645
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
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Using the Barnum Effect to Teach about Ethics and Deception in Research.
Beins, Bernard C.
Teaching of Psychology, v20 n1 p33-35 Feb 1993
Describes an instructional activity in which students are given false data in a research methods class. Finds that all students accepted the data but that seniors were more skeptical than sophomores or juniors. Determines that students agree that the approach helped them learn about the costs and benefits of deception in research. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Credibility, Educational Strategies, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Higher Education, Professional Occupations, Social Science Research, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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