Psychology Reasearch Assignment 2: Discussion Question

Review Argosy’s IRB Checklist. Gather information on Stanley Milgram’s study on obedience and authority. Using the IRB checklist as a guideline, what were some major concerns you had regarding the Milgram study? How would you redesign Milgram’s study to have it pass IRB standards?

By Saturday, February 13, 2016 respond to the discussion question. Submit your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on at least two of your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion until Wednesday, February 17, 2016. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

You’ll find the information regarding IRBs in this week’s materials.  Note that such standards were not in place during Milgram’s time….However, note that deception in some circumstances is still used in psychological studies when it is necessary.  For instance, in a study of group attitudes, if participants knew the researchers’ hypotheses about the causes of prejudice, they may, consciously or non-consciously, alter their responses and threaten the validity of the results.  Nevertheless, the IRB is an important system in maintaining the ethical integrity of research, and all published research involving human or other animal participants must pass the IRB.  Here

http://www.psychmet.com/id11.html

is another ‘user-friendly’ resource folks might find useful as you consider these issues….Hope this helps generate some context here…. Also, make sure you provide *specific* recommendations on what changes would be useful in the Milgram study if you were to replicate it.