RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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YES-FULL F O R C E
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NO-NOT FULL F O R C E
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Obedience: Social Psychological Perspectives Obedience is the act of carrying out the requests or commands of a person of higher status within a social hierarchy. The most distinctive feature of the social-psychological approach to obedience is the primary role it accords to situational determinants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hofling conducted a field experiment on obedience in the nurse-physician relationship. In the natural hospital setting, nurses were ordered by unknown doctors to administer what could have been a dangerous dose of a (fictional) drug to their patients.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Milgram experiment is a famous psychological study exploring the willingness of individuals to follow the orders of authorities when those orders conflict with the individual’s own moral judgment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The study broke the ethical guideline of deception, as neither the doctor was real. Also, some were left distressed by the study so lacked protection from harm. All nurses were debriefed within 30 minutes of the phone call.