PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.3: Donald Ewen Cameron, Allan Memorial Institute, Project Mkultra

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Recruited former nazi scientists who studied torture and. Psychiatrist donald ewen cameron used cia funds (as well as. Cia began to conduct psychological research in the 1950s after discovering that their enemies in the soviet union, china, and. North korea had tried to use mind-control/altering drugs/techniques on u. s. prisoners of war. Brainwashing during wwii (who had already been prosecuted as war criminals) Officially ended in 1973, canadian government pad 000 to the same each of the 127 victims of cameron"s unauthorized* research program in the 1980s conducted. Now accepted as one of the most unethical studies ever. Research ethics board (reb) a committee of researchers and officials at an institution charged with the protection of human research participants. In what 2 ways is the reb intended to protect individuals: committee weighs potential risks to volunteers weighed against the possible benefits of the research (serve as 3rd party, requires consent from volunteers agreement .