Overview
1. Is it ethical for psychologists to deceive research participants on the methods and objectives of their research? What are ways that protect subjects from participation in experiments that might be harmful to them? Things to discuss are: informed consent, human subjects committee, APA guidelines for ethics with animals and human subjects and subject debriefment. Similarly, why are double blind experiments done?
Below is a short you tube video that discusses the concept of ethics and psychology. It references many experiments that we will discuss this semester. Although we learned a great deal from these, today they would be deemed unethical. Is it wrong to learn and teach about concepts we have learned from unethical research? 2. What is the difference between sensation and perception? Why is it that perceptions vary from person to person? In other words, what are the contributing factors that differentiate the interpretation? Is one person right and another wrong? Perceptual differences can be seen not only in physical sensations, but thought processes and therefore belief systems.
2. What is the difference between sensation and perception? Why is it that perceptions vary from person to person? In other words, what are the contributing factors that differentiate the interpretation? Is one person right and another wrong? Perceptual differences can be seen not only in physical sensations, but thought processes and therefore belief systems. 3. Research into the experience of pain is a rapidly expanding field. Why can some people tolerate great amounts of pain while others can tolerate no pain at all? Reference factors such as gender, experience, psychological/physiological, learning, etc.