You may be familiar with some of psychology’s most famous experiments involving what seem to follow questionable ethics by today's standards. The set of studies on obedience to authority conducted by ...

There are times, particularly in behavioral research, when investigators will find it necessary to use deception or incomplete disclosure about the true purpose of the research. Deception and ...

Lying to yourself—or self-deception, as psychologists call it—can actually have benefits. And nearly everybody does it, based on a growing body of research using new experimental techniques. Lying to ...

Deceit and self-deception are universal aspects of everyday life. There are numerous examples of deception in nature, from birds that trick other species into raising their young, to fireflies, ...