Ethical Issues In Social Influence Research AO1

• Informed consent


  Making participants aware of the aims and procedures of a study
• In any study where they are measuring behaviour in a given situation, informed consent might be tricky
• Milgram's participants


  • Unaware the electric shocks weren't real (deception)
• Asch's participants


  • Told the study was investigating visual perception, and weren't told there would be confederates
• Zimbardo's prisoners


  • Did not know the police would arrest them at their homes
• Protection from harm


  An issue in studies
• Milgram's participants


  • Some were in obvious distress
• Zimbardo's 'prisoners'


  • Were humiliated
• Arch's participants


  • Reported feeling stressed
• Participants shouldn't be placed at risk
• Right to withdraw


  Participants should be free to leave when they choose to
• Milgram's study


  • Even though participants technically had the ability to leave, it was made difficult to do so (the prods)
• Zimbardo


  • Participants did not have the right to withdraw