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Most of the psychological researches employ human beings as participants to study a particular phenomenon.... The ethical code of conduct directs the investigators and researchers through establishing boundaries in their study or researches.... The researcher or investigator should inform their participants about the purpose of the study.... This should happen before the study begins.... The researcher should ask the consent of the participants to take part in the study....
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Some also believed that the thought of causing deliberate pain to the 'learner' could leave an indelible scar on the participant's mind which the stanford prison experiment is well known for, however, follow-on research showed that the participant's in the Milgram experiment did not suffer from any long-term emotional problem.... Some also believed that the thought of causing deliberate pain to the “learner” could leave an indelible scar on the participant's mind which the stanford prison experiment is well known for however, follow-on research showed that the participant's in the Milgram experiment did not suffer from any long term emotional problem....
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The two individuals enter a psychological lab to study memory and learning.... The experimenter explains that the study aims to observe the effects of punishment on learning.... The teacher is led to another room housing an instrument console with thirty lever switches labelled with a voltage designation ranging from 14 to 450 volts along with word designations such as slight shock, moderate shock, strong shock, very strong shock, intense shock, extreme intensity shock, severe shock for groups of four switches....
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From this paper it is clear that Milgram's shock study involved a teacher, student, and a third person meant to be a volunteer.... This study highlights that imbalances of power in a group setting can turn the behavior of normal human beings into tyrannical tendencies.... With Yale undergraduates as the subjects, the study tested the obedience of the subjects when ordered by the experimenter to administer a shock to another person.... However, just like many other psychological experiment, these experiments have been labelled cruel by the current society because of their unethical nature....
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A good example of social roles is Zimbardo's stanford prison experiment, where college students embraced their roles as guards and prisoners too well that guards became brutal and prisoners felt powerless.... Deindividuation happened in Zimbardo's stanford prison experiment when students forgot that they were acting only as prisoners and they lost their sense of self and control over the conditions of their lives....
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The paper "Social Effect and Withdrawn Demeanor" presents that the social behavior study defines that the behavior of individuals is under the greater influence by the actions and approaches of others regardless of their type i.... In order to study the subject in detail and in-depth, social scientists and researchers conducted various studies and researches (Leary & Hoyle, 2013)....
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This paper will discuss the impact of authority on the obedience of an individual in Milgram's (1963) very controversial social experiment as well as the effects of an environment and culture of abusive behaviour on the 'victims' of the situation in Zimbardo's (2007) equally controversial study.... Zimbardo's (2007) Prison study was borne from his observation of a dearth of social science research on the direct confrontation of good vs.... he situation of cruel prison guards inflicting abuse on prisoners was simulated by the participants picked out for the study and overseen by Zimbardo himself....
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However, Milgram's experiment on obedience to authority and the stanford prison experiment had similar characteristics.... A single 45-volt shock sample was given to each teacher, while in the stanford prison experiment researchers provided weapons, wooden batons and clothing that simulated that of a prison guard, khaki shirts and pants from local military surplus stores.... The paper "Imitation Prison at Stanford" suggests that standard prison experiment one outstanding observation was Latane B, Darley J experiments based purely on observation as opposed to Milgram's experiment and Stanford where subjects were confined to certain environments and circumstances....
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