After completing the assigned readings and watching the provided video links, review the following classic psychological experiments: Johnson's Monster Study Loftus, E.F. (1999). Lost in the Mail: Misrepresentations and Misunderstandings. Ethics & Behavior, 9(1), 51. Milgram's Obedience Experiment Watson's Little Albert Experiment Zimbardo's Stanford Prisoner Experiment After you have become familiar with these five classic studies, select one. Using headers to organize your paper, answer the following questions: Scientific Merit / Knowledge Gained.  What are the benefits of this study (to society, research, or subjects)?  What are the practical implications (i.e., real-world applications of the findings)?  What are likely consequences to society if this study had not been conducted? What were the potential psychological costs of this study?  Were the research participants in the study at risk for psychological injury?  Could this type of research have been conducted without the use of deception? Do you feel the use of deception was justified given the potential cost to participants?  If you were a member of a human subjects’ Institutional Review Board, would you approve the research described in the article?  Do you feel that the contributions of this study outweigh the costs?  Would you have minded if you discovered you participated in that study? Would you want to (or be willing to) participate as a research assistant for this study? Risk of Psychological Injury.  Deception.  Decision.  Participation.  Research experience.  Be sure to incorporate information from the Fisher text as well as include information from at least two academic journals discussing the ethics of the experiment. Length: 3-5 pages .

1. After completing the assigned readings and watching the
provided video links, review the following classic psychological
experiments:
Johnson's Monster Study
Loftus, E.F. (1999). Lost in the Mail: Misrepresentations and
Misunderstandings. Ethics & Behavior, 9(1), 51.
Milgram's Obedience Experiment
Watson's Little Albert Experiment
Zimbardo's Stanford Prisoner Experiment
After you have become familiar with these five classic studies,
select one. Using headers to organize your paper, answer the
following questions:
Scientific Merit / Knowledge Gained.
What are the benefits of this study (to society, research, or
subjects)?
What are the practical implications (i.e., real-world applications
of the findings)?
What are likely consequences to society if this study had not

2. been conducted?
What were the potential psychological costs of this study?
Were the research participants in the study at risk for
psychological injury?
Could this type of research have been conducted without the use
of deception?
Do you feel the use of deception was justified given the
potential cost to participants?
If you were a member of a human subjects’ Institutional Review
Board, would you approve the research described in the article?
Do you feel that the contributions of this study outweigh the
costs?
Would you have minded if you discovered you participated in
that study?
Would you want to (or be willing to) participate as a research
assistant for this study?
Risk of Psychological Injury.
Deception.
Decision.
Participation.
Research experience.

3. Be sure to incorporate information from the Fisher text as well
as include information from at least two academic journals
discussing the ethics of the experiment.
Length: 3-5 pages