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Psychological research, obedience and ethics

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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 study on obedience conducted by Stanley Milgram, and watch two psychologists talk about their research with meerkats and chimpanzees.

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
  • Summary
  • 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
  • Summary
  • Activity 3: Researching animals
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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  • It has been a great experience to opt for such an insgihtful course. The course included a comprehensive knowledge of theories of personalities, learning and much more. it has a great deal of techniques that one can learn to adapt during their pursuits as a reasearcher. The course mainly revoloved around the research techniques and research ethics. i stronly recommend this course for all those who are seeking guidance in research in psychology.
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    BHAVESH JANGID
    very awesome and very valuable course it was and it will help me a lot in real life experience and i will thank to University for providinf such a valuable course for free
  • Shivalika Dixit
    Helpful for beginners because of its layman language. The content is comprehensive as well as well structured.
  • Anonymous
    good for beginners and the content is verified though it is not updated, activities are great they explain very answer very well

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