PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Little Albert Experiment, Rosalie Rayner, Demand Characteristics

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Pickrell Jacqueline

Document Summary

Ethics set of standards that govern the conduct of person/persons of a profession. Little albert (1920) experiment conducted by john watson and rosalie rayner: baby was conditioned to have a fear of white rats, and eventually other white furry objects. Nuremburg trials nazi doctors conducting experiments on prisoners: considered crimes: human experimentation, prompted the apa code of ethics (1953) Tuskegee bad blood (1932-1972: us public health service wanted to study untreated syphilis cases, 400-600 poor black men from rural south. Told that they had bad blood , instead of being treated. Ethical or not: participants should be aware that they are in a study, debriefed at end of study. Hindsight can rationalize and explanation after a conclusion has been drawn. People are difficult to study b/c of complexity, variability, and reactivity. Experience as a way of knowing: advantage observable and publicly verifiable, disadvantages not all phenomenon directly observable, understanding observations requires interpretation, which can be biased.