Consider the Milgram Obedience Studies and the Stanford Prison Simulation Study. Discuss at least four of the ethical concerns regarding the treatment of participants in both studies. Do you think the benefits of the knowledge that was gained from these experiments outweighed the risks to the participants?
What will be an ideal response?
(1) Research should cause no harm to subjects; (2) participation in research should be voluntary and therefore subjects must give their informed consent to participate in the research; (3) researchers should fully disclose their identity; (4) anonymity or confidentiality must be maintained for individual research; (5) benefits from a research project should outweigh any foreseeable risk; honesty and openness; protection of research participants; avoiding harm done to research participants; avoid deception.
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What will be an ideal response?
One result of British agricultural policy in colonial Nigeria was
a. an increase in food production. b. a reinforcement of geographic divisions within the colony. c. the development of a largescale herding "industry". d. the introduction of maize (corn). e. an emphasis on family farms.