Scenario B: Consider the following experiment. Each participantinteracted for an hour with another person who was actually aresearch confederate (an actor working for the researcher). Theconfederate either presented herself as similar or dissimilar tothe participant. After this interaction, both persons agreed toreturn 1 week later for another session with each other. When thereal participants returned, they were falsely informed that theperson they had met the week before had died. The researchers thencompared how long the participant spent viewing a picture of the“deceased” depending on whether the person had presented as similaror dissimilar to them. The participant was never told that thereported death was untrue. Write a hypothesis that is tested inthis study. Discuss the ethical issues raised in the experiment.What would you recommend the experimenters do to protect theparticipants and minimize risk of harm?
