Question:
review the following article in ovid: “a case of scientific misconduct” by p. o’malley. 1.) post an apa reference. 2.) view the story on http://www.prisonexp.org and answer these questions: a.) was it ethical to do this study? was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research? (the experimenters did not take this issue lightly, although the slide show may sound somewhat matter-of-fact about the events and experiences that occurred). b.) how do the ethical dilemmas in this research compare with the ethical issues raised by stanley milgram’s obedience experiments? would it be better if these studies had never been done? c.) if you were the experimenter in charge, would you have done this study? would you have terminated it earlier? would you have conducted a follow-up study?
Solution:
In the recent past, there has been an increased scientific scandal. Whether this is as a result of heightened dishonesty or lawlessness in the scientific or objective investigations, research misconduct is now identically in the public eye (O’malley, 2009). An example of such research misconduct is the Stanford Prison Experience that causes the detainees to feel embarrassed and confused. The whole incident served as a catalyst for psychological torture.
a.) was it ethical to do this study? Was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research?
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