unethical psychology experiments.

Unethical psychology experiments are very interesting to learn about. I didn't realize that there were so many qualifications to a psychology experiment. In order to better understand the consequences of an unethical psychology experiment, we should try one out on Mr. Dreier so that way we can see how he reacts. It was most interesting to me to see the video in class that demonstrated the Milgram Experiment. The experiment was an extreme example of unethical experiments because it demonstrated breaking guidelines such as consent, deception, withdrawal, and definately protection. During psychological experiments, people are supposed to be guaranteed of protection from both physical and mental harm during the process, and the Milgram Experiment obviously harmed the participants mentally. The people were very distraught and uneasy about harming the other participant, so that definately broke the rule of protection for mental harm. Potential participants are supposed to be told about how they can withdraw from the experiment at any time that they want, but in the Milgram Experiment the professor was certainly pushing the participants to finish the experiment by saying "You must continue, it is essential to the experiment to continue." People are supposed to be allowed to withdraw in case they have any feelings of doubt or uneasiness. Lastly, the contestant is supposed to be given consent to all of the FULL understanding of the objectives of the research. The contestants in this experiment were'nt given a full understanding because they were not told that the shocks that they were supposedly giving the the other constestant would actually be lethal, had they been actual shocks. The experiment is just one classic example of all the unethical things that can go on during a psychological experiment. Well I better get going, "outskies for now!!!"