PSYC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Little Albert Experiment, Fear Conditioning, Informed Consent
20 Jan 2016
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Historical cases of ethically questionable research with animals. Mcgraw (1941) effect of repeated pinpricks. Dennis (1941) raising children in isolation. Watson & rayner (1920) the little albert study, fear conditioning. Ethics code 5 general principles: beneficence and non-malfeasance. Constantly weigh costs and benefits, what is the greatest good, some bad might be worth a lot of good: fidelity and responsibility. Constantly aware of responsibility to society, professionalism. Being honest, no falsification of data or misleading research: integrity, justice. Fair treatment: respect for people"s rights an dignity. Key factor: degree of risk of subjects: nos risk, minimal risk (everyday life, at risk (greater risk than everyday, could have lofty goal but inadequate methodology which means. Issue: whether to judge methodological adequacy the study will likely be a waste of time and money. Deception desire to have subjects act naturally. Guatamelan study: never informed of diagnosis or treated for syphilis.
