Ethics in Psychological Research Why are ethics important
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Ethics in Psychological Research Why are ethics important in psychological research? A sample of issues in ethics Informed consent • Camp Lazaer – the first case of informed consent The Institutionalization of informed consent • Nuremberg trials Pre 1980’s research • The CIA and Ewan Cameron’s LSD research • Harlow’s monkeys Post 1980’s research • Human and animal experimentation
The Institutionalization of informed consent • Nuremberg trials Pre-1980’s Research • LSD Research • Frank Olsen • Prostitution • Ewan Cameron
One variation of Ewan Cameron’s treatment for mental illness 1. Sleep therapy Administer sleep inducing drugs and paralytic agents for months at a time while playing repetitive messages to the sleeping patient 2. Depatterning phase High doses of electroshock, LSD and sensory deprivation 3. Repatterning phase Once again administer sleep inducing drugs and paralytic agents for months at a time while playing repetitive messages to the sleeping patient
The Institutionalization of informed consent • Nuremberg trials Pre-1980’s Research • LSD Research • Frank Olsen • Prostitution • Ewan Cameron Harlow’s motherless monkeys
Post 1980’s human and animal research Humans Deception • No other way to get results • Minimal risk • All participants must be debriefed Animals The three R’s • Reduction • Refinement • Replacement
