Dr. Smith wants to understand how a rejection experience mig…

Dr. Smith wаnts tо understаnd hоw а rejectiоn experience might impact middle school kids’ self-esteem. As part of her study all youth in the band are given selfesteem questionnaires. She then randomly assigns each to one of two groups – one that gets criticized and rejected after a music tryout and one that gets constructive feedback about their playing. She then administers the self-esteem test again. Even though she tells them all afterwards that it was not really true, some of the youth continue to feel bad about what happened and aren’t as interested in music any more. Dr. Smith is violating which major ethical principle?