SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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The procedure has been destroyed
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it’s not cost-effective
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it’s unethical
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it’s protected under copyright law
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Detailed explanation-1: -The experiment is considered unethical because the people who were the participants were led to believe that they were administering a shock to real people. The individuals were unaware the learners were individuals associated with Milligram.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethical Concerns in the Milgram Experiment Some of the major ethical issues in the experiment were related to: The use of deception. The lack of protection for the participants who were involved. Pressure from the experimenter to continue even after asking to stop, interfering with participants’ right to withdraw.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ethical issues involved with the Milgram experiment are as follows: deception, protection of participants involved, and the right to withdrawal. The experiment was deemed unethical, because the participants were led to believe that they were administering shocks to real people.
Detailed explanation-4: -Despite no real physical harm to the participant nor the confederate, Milgram’s 1963 experiment broke the code of conduct in regard to what constitutes an ethical study in a number of ways, and if presented today, Milgram would likely not gain the approval to carry out his study in the first place.