Ethical issues in research

• (Social) Milgram- Protection from harm (mental and physical), Right to withdraw and deception
• (social) implication of obedience and prejudice findings of how they are used in society and by others.
• (cognitive) case studies into brain damage have ethical issues with confidentiality and privacy.
• (Cognitive)- Participants may be vulnerable, e.g. children, dementia patients or people with learning difficulties.
• (learning- Watson and Reyner) little Albert was not protected from mental harm.
• (learning) animal studies often involve harm to animals, through surgery.
• (biological) Animal studies often cause physical harm to the animals, which can be ethically questionable
• (biological) Aggression studies can have moral issues to do with blame and punishment.
• (clinical) studies often involve vulnerable adults and mental illness patients who must be protected from harm.
• (child) Children are vulnerable subjects and must be protected from harm.
• (clinical- Rosenhan) 8 pseudo patients took resources away from patients that actually needed it.