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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks)

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In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken

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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks).
In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken.
Example

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For example, the participants were exposed to severe stress, which is supported by the extreme physical reactions many participants had, such as how 3 participants had seizures

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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks).
In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken.
For example, the participants were exposed to severe stress, which is supported by the extreme physical reactions many participants had, such as how 3 participants had seizures.
In addition,

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In addition, Perry claims that the debriefing of subsequent participants didn’t always occur and the participants thought that the study was of memory and learning (they were deceived)

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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks).
In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken.
For example, the participants were exposed to severe stress, which is supported by the extreme physical reactions many participants had, such as how 3 participants had seizures.
In addition, Perry claims that the debriefing of subsequent participants didn’t always occur and the participants thought that the study was of memory and learning (they were deceived).
Therefore,

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Therefore, Milgram’s study was unethical

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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks).
In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken.
For example, the participants were exposed to severe stress, which is supported by the extreme physical reactions many participants had, such as how 3 participants had seizures.
In addition, Perry claims that the debriefing of subsequent participants didn’t always occur and the participants thought that the study was of memory and learning (they were deceived).
Therefore, Milgram’s study was unethical.

However,

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However, only 2% of participants had any regrets about being involved.
74% of participants thought that they had learned something useful about themselves.
A thorough debriefing was carried out where participants met the unharmed learner and a year later, all participants received psychiatric assessments.
Not even one participant showed signs of long-term damage

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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks).
In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken.
For example, the participants were exposed to severe stress, which is supported by the extreme physical reactions many participants had, such as how 3 participants had seizures.
In addition, Perry claims that the debriefing of subsequent participants didn’t always occur and the participants thought that the study was of memory and learning (they were deceived).
Therefore, Milgram’s study was unethical.

However, only 2% of participants had any regrets about being involved.
74% of participants thought that they had learned something useful about themselves.
A thorough debriefing was carried out where participants met the unharmed learner and a year later, all participants received psychiatric assessments.
Not even one participant showed signs of long-term damage.
Milgram

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Milgram said that the study didn’t intend to cause harm and that the subjects could have left at any time - 35% of the participants did

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Was Milgram’s research into obedience ethical? (8 marks).
In Milgram’s study, numerous ethical guidelines were broken.
For example, the participants were exposed to severe stress, which is supported by the extreme physical reactions many participants had, such as how 3 participants had seizures.
In addition, Perry claims that the debriefing of subsequent participants didn’t always occur and the participants thought that the study was of memory and learning (they were deceived).
Therefore, Milgram’s study was unethical.

However, only 2% of participants had any regrets about being involved.
74% of participants thought that they had learned something useful about themselves.
A thorough debriefing was carried out where participants met the unharmed learner and a year later, all participants received psychiatric assessments.
Not even one participant showed signs of long-term damage.
Milgram said that the study didn’t intend to cause harm and that the subjects could have left at any time - 35% of the participants did.
What does this show?

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This shows that Milgram’s study was ethical