PSYC 2360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Laud Humphreys, Nazi Concentration Camps, Nuremberg Trials
28 Sep 2016
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Prior to wwii, little concern for the treatment of humans in research: no formal protections existed. Unethical treatment of prisoners in nazi concentration camps. 1947: those responsible were tried for their crimes at nuremburg. Post-nuremburg code abuses and exploitations of humans in research continued: milgram obedience study, early 1960s, tuskegee syphilis study, 1932 1972, tearoom trade study, mid 1960s. Advertised for a study of memory and learning . One teacher (the participant) and one learner (actually a study confederate) When the learned made a mistake, the teacher was to administer an electric shock. Got worse each time, ranged from 15volts to 400volts. Right they move on to next word pair, wrong they get a shock. Laud humphreys conducted a study of homosexual encounters in public washrooms and determining personal characteristics of the men. A police officer traced license #s to provide identifying information.
