Psychological research, obedience and ethics
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Milgram’s obedience study
    • 1.1 The set-up
    • 1.2 The results
    • 1.3 The variations
    • 1.4 Summary
  • 2 Milgram’s study and ethics
    • 2.1 Ethics
    • 2.2 The case against Milgram
    • 2.3 The case for the defence
    • 2.4 The judgement
    • 2.5 Summary
  • Activity 1: Ethics in psychological research
    • Research ethics
    • Task: Is it ethical?
    • Study 1
    • Study 2
    • Study 3
    • Summary
  • Activity 2: Researching animals and humans
    • Introduction
    • The ethics of animal research
    • Task 1: Evaluating the ethics of research
    • Different animals, different guidelines
    • Task 2: Reflecting on different species
    • Animal research and the law
    • Summary
  • Activity 3: Researching animals
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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