SSH 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stanford Prison Experiment, Research, Academic Freedom

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 301
• Professor: Julie Tomiak

Document Summary

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality. Being in accordance with the rules or standards of right conduct or practice. Humphreys" tearoom trade (1970,1975: covert participant observation, watching and on lookout, documenting these encounters, wanting to destigmatize and decriminalize homosexuality, change public perception, problems; absolutely no consent, no debriefing. Zombardo; stanford prison experiment: prisoners could not leave the experiment even after experiencing harm, no informed or ongoing consent, staged arrest at the beginning of the experiment harmed the participants reputation, social life, others opinions of them. Ethical considerations must be taken into account in every phase of a research project. Do no harm to others in the process of research: social, behavioural, economic, psychological harm, minimal to substantial, perspective of the participants of harm may vary from the researchers. The welfare of research participants should take priority over everything else, including the production of knowledge.