Would the studies below be considered unethical today? What ethical issues stand out as possible concerns?

Assignment

Would these studies be considered unethical today?

Solomon Asch’s Conformity experiments

Stanley Milgram’s “Obedience to Authority” experiment

Philip Zimbardo’s “Stanford Prison Experiment”

John Watson’s “Little Albert” experiments

Harry Harlow’s rhesus monkey studies.

Marin Seligman’s “Learned Helplessness” studies on dogs

Jane Elliot’s “Blue-eyed/Brown-eyed” exercise

Consider these landmark studies in the field of psychology mentioned in this video linked here.

Would these studies be considered unethical today?

What ethical issues stand out as possible concerns?

Research more about these studies, or one of the others found in the resource link above, and create a PowerPoint presentation (or other) covering possible ethical concerns while also citing the relevant principles and standards of the ethics code. Use references from this module and include APA in-text citations.

 

Would the studies below be considered unethical today? What ethical issues stand out as possible concerns?
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