Why Do Researchers Go to Great Lengths to Create Cover

Multiple Choice

Why do researchers go to great lengths to create cover stories and devise elaborate situations in their studies to cover up the true purpose of the study?

A) It reduces the likelihood that participants will change their behavior because they know too much about the study.
B) It helps them to manipulate participants to do what they need to prove their theory correct.
C) It increases the likelihood that participants will participate in a study that could be dangerous.
D) Researchers customarily use deception just to trick participants.