History of Ethics in Psychology

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    Tuskeegee Syphilis Study

    40 black sharecroppers were in a study to document disease in blacks and racial differences. I chose this because I believe it is very irresponsible to do an experiment that is harmful without the participants knowing and letting them frantinze with other people so that they could get the disease as well. Not only did they not care about the lives of the forty but also the lives of their families when others get syphilis and their children are parentless.
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    Nazi Concentration Camp Experiments

    In concentration camps, Nazi scientist did experiments on anybody that was different than them that had no real meaning to any data. I chose this experiment because these scientists made excuses for research just so they could inflict pain on people they did not like. It was just murder to innocent people who were just different.
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    Palace of Justice

    This is a hearing that was given that lead to a trial where the people responsible for the Nazi experiments were put to justice. I chose this event because they came up with a code that should already have been put into place before any experiment started. There is no need for people to suffer involuntarily to an experiment they had no part in.
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    Zimbardo Prison Experiment

    24 male Stanford students were in a prison experiment where half were the prisoners and half were the guards. This would see how both sides would act towards one another. I chose this experiment because it shows that someone in power feels like they are invisible and does whatever they want. It is very fitting for what is going on in the world right now with people in power.