Topic > Albert Bandura Ethical Issues - 919

Milgram told the participants that if the question was not answered correctly, they would have to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity as punishment to the individual who gave the wrong answer. However, it turned out to be a deception since the object of the experiment were the very people who emitted the electric shocks. (Simply Psychology, 2007). In this case there was no justification as he did not tell the participants that the shocks were fake and that it was a study on memory and forgetting. (Wordpress, 2002). Another ethical question arises about observational research: participants were filmed without theirs