SCS-285 3-2 Practice Activity Ethics

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3-2 Practice Activity Research Ethics and Design Lauren Merchant SCS-285 Module 3 1.Standford Prison Experiment The initial design issue in this experiment is the demographics of the experiment, young males. This alone could throw off the experiment as it limits the validity of the results. If subjects were chosen based on various other qualities such as various age ranges, the experiment wouldn’t have been as questionable. The lack of education and instruction of the purpose or guidelines of “jail guards” contributed to the ethical dilemmas within the experiment. Since there was no guidance these individuals made up the rules and regulations that were especially humiliating or unnecessary causing the prisoners to rebel. The guards then used the inmates against each other to further add to the ethical dilemma, so much so that “These authoritarian tactics and the psychological abuse sustained by the prisoners had a profound effect, and the prisoners became convinced that they were not free to leave.” With proper research prior to the experiment some issues could have been resolved in order to complete the whole two week experiment instead of ending it after six days. By Zimbardo getting involved in the experiment that eliminated the control and independent variables of the experiment and allowed the participants to be involved in all aspects. 2. “John/Joan Case” Research Study The design of this research was flawed as it wasn’t constructed out of need or without significant prior research, it was done out of convenience. By performing a “unnecessary” gender
assignment surgery without considering or factoring in long-term health and mental health implications. Also, an ethical issue is that this child did not consent to having this procedure or life altering decision to be part of Dr. Moneys research. Inaccurate findings were brought on by allowing this individual to believe they were female when they were born genetically male. Dr. Money did not prove his theory. 3. “Behavioral Study of Obedience” Research Study The amount of deception in this study caused both ethical and design flaws. The participants believed they were causing harm to learners (actors) by experiment. The experiment was the wrong use of authority. The actors were directed to deliberately answer wrong. This altered the outcome of the results creating false results while also creating a bias of any data collected in this study. An immense amount of pressure was placed on the instructors as they were forced to continue the experiment at all costs.
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