Psychological research, obedience and ethics

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Psychological research, obedience and ethics provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • In this free course, Psychological research, obedience and ethics, you will learn about the importance of ethics in research that is undertaken by psychologists. You will read about the famous ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Milgram’s obedience study
    • 1 Milgram’s obedience study
    • 1.1 The set-up
    • 1.2 The results
    • 1.3 The variations
    • 1.4 Summary
    • 2 Milgram’s study and ethics
    • 2 Milgram’s study and ethics
    • 2.1 Ethics
    • 2.2 The case against Milgram
    • 2.3 The case for the defence
    • 2.4 The judgement
    • 2.5 Summary
    • Activity 1: Ethics in psychological research
    • Research ethics
    • Task: Is it ethical?
    • Study 1
    • Study 2
    • Study 3
    • Conclusion
    • Activity 2: Researching animals and humans
    • Introduction
    • The ethics of animal research
    • Task 1: Evaluating the ethics of research
    • Different animals, different guidelines
    • Task 2: Reflecting on different species
    • Animal research and the law
    • Conclusion
    • Activity 3: Researching animals
    • Conclusion
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements