PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Belmont Report, Nuremberg Code, Syphilis
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Why do consumers need to know about ethics: not all research is supervised, you might participate in research or asked to give consent for someone else, evaluating and critiquing research that is at the margins . Facebook emotions study: manipulate negative or positive posts on the feed to see how users would feel: knowledge of history. Given free medical care, meals when they had blood drawn, burial costs. Researchers prevented men from being treated elsewhere: ethical violations: Autonomy not allowed: nature of research, what participation would entail. Targeted disadvantaged group: the belmont report (1979) was a response to this study. The nuremberg code (1948) outlined research ethics such as: requirement for informed consent, avoiding unnecessary suffering, guatemala syphilis study, guidelines for research: followed wwii. In 1947, penicillin was proven to be effective treatment for syphilis. Miligram obedience studies: milgram interested in unquestioning obedience to orders between teacher and learner (learner always confederate)
