PSYO 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Teddy Bear, Learned Helplessness, Milgram Experiment

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1011
• Professor: Dr.Duffy

Document Summary

Apa code of ethics: five general principles: beneficence and non-maleficence. Fidelity and responsibility integrity justice respect for people"s rights and dignity: ten standards: resolving ethical issues. Competence human relations privacy and confidentiality advising and other public statements record keeping and fees education and training. Research studies:o the monster study (1939): stuttering experiment, 22 orphan children, positive and negative speech therapy (praise, rewards & punishment, made fun of). o. South african aversion study (1970"s-1980"s): forced sex-change operation, chemical castration and shock, 900 gay and lesbian soldiers (white). If psychological therapy didn"t work, physical sex changes were performed: stanford prison study (1971):o monkey drug trials (1969): drug addiction (morphine, alcohol, cocaine), self-injection. (also rat trials). Monkeys would trip out and harm themselves by breaking arms or ripping their own fingers and toes off to get more drugs or to get out of cages: landis facial expression experiment (1924): facial expression, disgust- shock-happy-sad.