Lying about your identity and failing to reveal that the reason for your inquiry is that it is part of an academic research project would be the ‘unethical’ part.
It is unacceptable to do something to a person so you can study the way they behave, without first obtaining their consent to participate in such a study.
You can observe how people behave when they are subjected to the same stimulus naturally; you can ask them if it’s okay to subject them to a stimulus to see how they react; but you can’t just do something to them and write down what happens.
It is unacceptable to do something to a person so you can study the way they behave, without first obtaining their consent to participate in such a study.
You can observe how people behave when they are subjected to the same stimulus naturally; you can ask them if it’s okay to subject them to a stimulus to see how they react; but you can’t just do something to them and write down what happens.