List of Top Unethical Psychological Studies

Quick post this morning.

The usual suspects are here and Mental Floss has created a list of the most unethical psychological studies ever done.  The list also has several clips that can be found on YouTube.  There are overviews of the Zimbardo prison study, Milgram, Little Albert, Darley and Latane's research on bystander effect, Harlow and his monkeys, and more.  Could be a great handout or discussion starter about the ethics of research for students.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/52787/10-famous-psychological-experiments-could-never-happen-today


posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Top Unethical Experiments in Psychology

In my searching the internet, I came across this listing of the top ten unethical psychological experiments. The list includes many experiments (Standford Prison, Milgram's Obedience, Baby Albert, etc.) that are discussed in almost every psychology course. Throughout my research, while the listing is on a number of websites and blogs, I was unable to determine the author.

The list can be found at http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2008/11/top-unethical-psychological-experiments.html and might make an interesting discussion tool for ethical research.

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