PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Research Act, Stanford Prison Experiment, Belmont Report
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Why do consumers need to know about ethics: not all research is supervised, you might participate in research. You might be asked to give consent for someone else: evaluating and critiquing resear(cid:272)h that is (cid:862)at the (cid:373)argi(cid:374)s(cid:863) eg. ) babies in pain and facebook feed, knowledge of history. Tuskegee syphillis (sexually transmitted disease) study: macon county alabama -> 1932-1972: us public health services study on progression of untreated syphilis in rural african-american men. 600 men: 399 who already had syphilis and 201 without syphilis. In 1947, penicillin proven to be effective treatment for syphilis. Ethical violations in tuskegee study: participants not treated respectfully: What participation would entail: participants were harmed. Not told about cure: study targeted disadvantaged group. Milgram obedience study: milgram was interested in unquestioning obedience to orders. Follow-up studies to milgram: original study, different building, teacher with learner, put hand on shock plate, orders by phone, ordinary man giving orders, two teachers rebel.
