Editing Debriefing (section)

===Psychological research===
In [[psychology|psychological research]], a debriefing is a short interview that takes place between researchers and research participants immediately following their participation in a [[Experimental psychology|psychology experiment]]. The debriefing is an important ethical consideration to make sure that participants are fully informed about, and not psychologically or physically harmed in any way by, their experience in an experiment. Along with [[informed consent]], the debriefing is considered to be a fundamental ethical precaution in research involving human beings.<ref>[https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/beta.bps.org.uk/files/Policy%20-%20Files/Code%20of%20Ethics%20and%20Conduct%20(2009).pdf Code of Ethics and Conduct, 3.4, 20 from the British Psychological Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307214417/https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/beta.bps.org.uk/files/Policy%20-%20Files/Code%20of%20Ethics%20and%20Conduct%20(2009).pdf |date=2018-03-07 }} Retrieved March 7, 2018.</ref> It is especially important in [[social psychology (psychology)|social psychology]] experiments that use deception. Debriefing is typically not used in surveys, observational studies, or other forms of research that involve no deception and minimal risk to participants.

Methodological advantages of a debriefing include "the ability of researchers to check the effectiveness of a manipulation, or to identify participants who were able to guess the hypothesis or spot a deception."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Husain|first=Akbar|title=Social Psychology|publisher=Pearson Education|year=2012|isbn=978-81-317-6000-0|location=Delhi|page=71}}</ref> If the data have been compromised in this way, then those participants should be excluded from the analysis. Many psychologists feel that these benefits justify a post-experimental follow-up even in the absence of deception or stressful procedures.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aronson |first1=E. |last2=Wilson |first2=T. D. |last3=Brewer |first3=M. B. |year=1998 |chapter=Experimentation in social psychology |editor1=D. T. Gilbert |editor2=S. T. Fiske |editor3=G. Lindzey |title=The handbook of social psychology |place=New York, NY |publisher=McGraw Hill }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bps.org.uk/downloadfile.cfm?file_uuid=1B299392-7E96-C67F-D4A092C173979F33&ext=pdf |format=pdf |author=Professional Practice Board Working Party |title=Psychological Debriefing |date=May 2002 |publisher=British Psychological Society |access-date=December 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220523/http://www.bps.org.uk/downloadfile.cfm?file_uuid=1B299392-7E96-C67F-D4A092C173979F33&ext=pdf |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>