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22 makes the most sense. You don't EVER tell people which group they are in, experimental or control. Unless that is the experiment.
I remember reading about an experiment conducted once that involved making the 'normal' control group think that they were the 'exceptional' group, and vice-versa, and observing the effect. This could be something similar.
On top of all the experiment criticisms so far: - if this were really about observing guys' reactions to more vs. less hot women, shouldn't the women be assessed for their looks more rigorously than just on the whim of the researcher? Wouldn't a panel of judges or something be appropriate? - if this were about observing the commenter's reaction, shouldn't she have been debriefed at the end of the experiment and, presumably, told it was a setup? Not asking the subject any questions at all is throwing away obvious data! Social science is the loser here
maybe they were doing another study and lied to you to see your reaction?
49- The debriefing wouldn't happen until after the experiment is complete. It sounds like she hasn't actually participated in it yet, she was just asked to. But you are correct, you are supposed to hold a debriefing following a study. The assessment of who is "plain" versus "attractive" is also usually not decided by just one person. Which is another reason that the idea of 22 (and various others) makes the most sense. Otherwise, this person's study is full of confounds.
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That's just rude... they could have at least you keep your thoughts that you were the attractive woman.
Yeah I agree with number two. That's a bad experiment, you don't tell the control that they are the control. That's like telling a group that they are getting the placebo, it's kinda ruins the experiment.