SOAN 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stanley Milgram, Silver Standard, Informed Consent
31 Oct 2016
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The (cid:498)milgram(cid:499) experiments: obedience: widely believed that stanley milgram didn"t do due diligence of protecting the psychological wellness. Phd dissertation: tearoom trade (homosexual encounters in public restrooms: lookout. Told the people in the tearoom if anyone is coming: recorded license plates. Followed the people to their cars and secretly recorded them: follow-up interview. Anonymity (golden standard: every single person in the study is anonymous, their identities are anonymous. Confidentiality (silver standard: researcher keeps the information confidentiality. Code of ethics (review boards: has to be scrutinized for ethical integrity, health and well-being have to take precedent over the knowledge required form the research. Researcher: cost benefit analysis: moral versus knowledge. This applies only to independent research the cost benefit analysis is made by the researcher: conservative (moral and legal considerations) Implications: moral and legal obligations, future researchers (harm and permission) The law is a (cid:498)tricky(cid:499) area for social researchers.
