The Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971 by Dr. Philip Zimbardo

would not be able to be conducted these days. When conducting an

experiment with humans there are many ethical guidelines that are to be followed. The

rights and well being of the participants must be weighed against the study's value to

science. The people always come first, and research second. This was not the case in

Dr. Philip Zimbardo's experiment.

I found that there were many ethical considerations that were violated in Dr.

Philip Zimbardo's research. One being that the investigator must debrief the participants

telling them the true nature of the study and expectations of the results. This is really

important in studies that involve deception. Dr. Philip Zimbardo's experiment was full of

deception. The participants did answer to an ad in the local newspaper that stated

they were looking for volunteers to participate in a study of the psychological effects......

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