Question

Participants volunteered for a study on "attitudes toward television violence." However, they actually completed a survey on their own aggressive behavior. After the completion of the study, the researcher failed to inform the participants about the true purpose of the study. In this case, the researcher has failed to conduct a(n) _________.

Answer 1

Answer: Debriefing session

Explanation: debriefing entails giving a mission account (report) of information or values obtained. Debriefing is important when having an interactive class, session or meeting with people, student or even participant. Debriefing makes participant to know what is going on about a current project or hypothesis and makes the fully understand the proces(procedures)magnitude, importance and progress of a research. It makes the people to be assured that they are not being lied to or taken advantage of. A debriefing session is interactive in nature, it brings all participants up to speed about what they are doing.