Susan is interested in whether or not college students are prejudiced against elderly people.She has students come into the lab,view the faces of elderly people,and make judgments about the emotion displayed by each face.Susan tells participants that they are working on an emotion recognition experiment;however she is actually measuring the number of negative emotions assigned to the elderly faces.Susan's proposed research involves which of the following violations of the ethical standards in human research?

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Susan's proposed research involves the use of deception as she is telling the participants that they are working on an emotion recognition experiment while actually measuring the number of negative emotions assigned to elderly faces. This violates the ethical standard of informed consent, where participants should be fully aware of the nature and purpose of the study before agreeing to participate.

Susan Is Interested in Whether or Not College Students Are