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In the shock obedience experiment by Stanley Milgrim could this experiment take place today? According to APA codes what would have to change? How did this experiment help develop ethical codes in psychological research?
Introduction-The Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figure was a social psychology experiment which belongs to the Stanley Milgram. The experiment measures willingness of study participants, men from the diverse occupational background with different level of education.
The experiment showed that the obedience is a common condition. If we consider this experiment to the current scenario, we will face some kind of different result because the time has changed and people are willing to show the freedom rather than blind obedience.
Current APA ethics described the regulated and controlled experiment with the help of participants will so that if we use this experiment in the current scenario, we might get different results.
The experiment was good and help us to understand the problem of ethics in research, the Milgram shock experiment raised ethical questions of scientific experimentation because of the extreme emotional stress suffered by the participants.
Today, APA does not allow to use such kind of experiments which create ethical issues and emotional conditioning.
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