SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stanley Milgram, Nuremberg Code, Gender Binary
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September, 24, 2015: ethics in social research. Learning outcomes: explain the role of ethics reviews in research, apply the research cycle. Emotional stress experienced by research participants: other ethical controversies: Humphreys: tea-room trade: impersonal sex in public places. They weren"t aware that they were being researched and didn"t give their consent. Suggested that you could have sexuality that is independent from their personal lives and is separate from your identity. Humphreys then followed the so called participant and took their licence number and found whether they were married or single and other personal data. Wanted to conduct it for 2 weeks and it lasted for 6 days because the officers were taking their role too seriously. There must be a balance between the pursuit of knowledge and the rights of participants. Came after treatment of jews in the ww2. Avoiding of any experiment where death or injury is likely. Termination of research if it will cause harm.
