Overview
Week 3 Discussion Topic:
"Ethics and Obedience"
Read Milgram's (1963) famous obedience experiment. There is additional discussion of the experiment in live sessions this week and in your textbook. Then, locate a published critique of Milgram's study and include the reference for that paper. Based on your readings about ethical principles in Chapter 4 in the course textbook AND a Keiser University Library article source, evaluate whether this experiment was ethical? Why or why not?
Milgram 1963.pdf
Reference
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371–378. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040525
Library Link Help
As you discuss this experiment from an ethical standpoint, apply the following issues, identifying which ones were followed and which ones were violated by the procedures of this experiment:
Justification for the study to be done from a theoretical and scientific point of view
Clear evidence that the results will benefit society
Clear evidence that any risk to the participants is outweighed by the potential benefits
Proper and enforceable informed consent procedures
Protection of the confidentiality of participant information
Protection of the well-being of the participants
Allowable use of deception
Proper use of instrumentation and assessment procedures
Proper supervision of researchers
Psychology Discussion Requirements
You are required to have 3 posts in each discussion and all three posts must be made on three separate days. The first post is the initial response to the question that appropriately and completely addresses the topic. It is best to post it at the beginning of the week. The remaining two posts are responses to the initial posts of two different classmates or the instructor. The first response to a classmate is due Saturday at 11:59 p.m. (EST) and the second response to a classmate or the instructor is due on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. (EST). If you do not post on three separate days you will lose points (20-point deduction). Posts are not accepted after the week closes on Sunday night.
All 3 of your posts must be in APA Format and must contain citations and a reference list. It is your ideas supported by research. Please refer to the APA PowerPoint in the Getting Started section of the classroom for information on proper formatting. There are Samples of APA Writing links and videos in the Getting Started area.
Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words and each response must be a minimum of 200 words. Please double-check your word count.
Post your word count at the end of each post. There will be a 5-point deduction for each failure to provide a word count.
Please address fellow students and professors by name (Hello Sarah). Be professional, you can disagree, but do it in a professional manner. There will be a 5-point deduction for each failure to address the person you reply to by name.
Please use spell check and proper grammar. Points will be deducted for each spelling and grammatical error, up to 10 points for each post.
Your answers need to be based on your OWN research and your OWN Reading, DO NOT post a blank post to try to access other students’ posts, this WILL result in a 40-point deduction on the first occurrence, and on a 2nd occurrence or more, it will result in a zero (0) on the discussion each time. This includes incomplete posts that do not answer all of the questions in the first post.