Last year there was a french TV documentary that featured a spoof TV show where people where told to administer what they thought were lethal electric shocks to contestants. The spoof TV show was a variation of the original Milgram experiment. Although the participants were unaware that the shocks weren´t lethal, 82 percent of the participants agreed to give a lethal shock to the other contestant. They were cheered on by the TV audience that also were unaware that everything was a spoof. Here is a link to the an article on the TV show:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8571929.stm
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New
10/1/2011 04:20:39 pm
In this case, do the researchers have to acquire an approval from the APA or any sort of governing organizations in the fields of psychology? From what I remember, Mac said Milgram's experiment was on the top 5 of the most unethical experiments ever performed..
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New
10/1/2011 04:24:30 pm
But it's also interesting to see the influences of media on human behavior. Can it be because of the the social expectations these people feel when they're exposed to a larger crowd? Or maybe because every human feels the slightest need to gain acceptance, hence subconsciously willing to do things they wouldn't do without external influences?
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Mr Hansson
10/2/2011 11:44:17 pm
New, the good and bad thing about television is that the follow other ethical guidelines than the scientific community. This means that they sometimes can conduct experiments that would not be allowed by the scientific community but also can be very unethical.
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